Work & commute · Scottsville

Work & commute in Scottsville, VA

Most working residents leave Scottsville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charlottesville (18%), University of Virginia (10%) and Pantops (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Scottsville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scottsville.

212live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scottsville goes to work

Charlottesville15.6 mi away

18%39

University of Virginia15.6 mi away

10%22

Pantops15.5 mi away

4%8

Palmyra13.1 mi away

3%6

Scottsville (in town)right here

1%3

Rio18.6 mi away

1%3

Lake Monticello11.4 mi away

1%3

Reston100 mi away

1%3

Arlington105.3 mi away

1%3

Farmville35.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%123

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

How far

How far Scottsville commutes

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

58%

11%

24%

6%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scottsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scottsville are

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

Jobs based in Scottsville

188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Scottsville residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−28%

Jobs based in Scottsville, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 188. 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.