Work & commute · Selma

Work & commute in Selma, VA

Most working residents leave Selma for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (20%), Clifton Forge (6%) and Lexington (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 121 Selma residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Selma.

121live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

384work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Selma goes to work

Covington7.6 mi away

20%26

Clifton Forge1.9 mi away

6%8

Lexington22.2 mi away

5%6

Selma (in town)right here

5%6

Charlottesville76.1 mi away

4%5

Roanoke36.8 mi away

4%5

Low Moor1.1 mi away

3%4

Cave Spring40.8 mi away

3%4

Staunton49.4 mi away

2%3

Fincastle20.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%58

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

How far

How far Selma commutes

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

49%

10%

17%

25%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Selma is a job hub

3.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Selma are

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

Jobs based in Selma

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Selma residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+3800%

Jobs based in Selma, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 390. 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.