Work & commute · Short Pump

Work & commute in Short Pump, VA

Most working residents leave Short Pump for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (21%), Innsbrook (8%) and Tuckahoe (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

869 of 13,474 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,605 Short Pump residents head out of town to work, 869 work right here, and 13,853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Short Pump.

12,605live here, work elsewhere

869live and work here

13,853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Short Pump goes to work

Richmond11.7 mi away

21%2,819

Innsbrook2.4 mi away

8%1,075

Short Pump (in town)right here

6%869

Tuckahoe5.1 mi away

2%303

Mechanicsville14.6 mi away

2%231

Laurel6.3 mi away

2%218

Tysons89.9 mi away

1%167

Ashland10.8 mi away

1%123

Bon Air10 mi away

1%123

Manchester12.3 mi away

1%103

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%7,443

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

How far

How far Short Pump commutes

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

47%

32%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Short Pump is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Short Pump are

14,722 jobs are based in Short Pump. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Short Pump’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Short Pump

14,722 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Short Pump residents hold

13,474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+25%

Jobs based in Short Pump, 2013 → 2023: 11,741 → 14,722. 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.