Work & commute · South Hill

Work & commute in South Hill, VA

About one in 4 of South Hill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richmond (7%), Boydton (5%) and Newport News (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

513 of 2,135 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,622 South Hill residents head out of town to work, 513 work right here, and 3,487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Hill.

1,622live here, work elsewhere

513live and work here

3,487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Hill goes to work

South Hill (in town)right here

24%513

Richmond66.3 mi away

7%157

Boydton15.1 mi away

5%105

Newport News92.1 mi away

2%41

Chesapeake101.3 mi away

2%40

Norfolk105.1 mi away

2%40

Lawrenceville15.4 mi away

2%35

Kenbridge16.3 mi away

1%30

Emporia32.9 mi away

1%23

Petersburg52.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,128

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

How far

How far South Hill commutes

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

30%

19%

42%

30%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Hill is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Hill are

4,000 jobs are based in South Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Hill

4,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs South Hill residents hold

2,135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−18%

Jobs based in South Hill, 2013 → 2023: 4,869 → 4,000. 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.