Work & commute · Saluda

Work & commute in Saluda, VA

Most working residents leave Saluda for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (5%), Newport News (4%) and Urbanna (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 224 Saluda residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saluda.

224live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saluda goes to work

Richmond48.6 mi away

5%11

Newport News36.8 mi away

4%10

Urbanna2.5 mi away

3%7

Virginia Beach65 mi away

3%7

Saluda (in town)right here

3%7

West Point12 mi away

2%5

Washington, DC92.6 mi away

2%4

Tappahannock25.8 mi away

2%4

Alexandria88 mi away

2%4

Deltaville14.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%168

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Saluda commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

17%

23%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saluda is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Saluda are

370 jobs are based in Saluda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saluda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saluda

370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Saluda residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−13%

Jobs based in Saluda, 2013 → 2023: 424 → 370. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.