Work & commute · Spotsylvania Courthouse

Work & commute in Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA

Most working residents leave Spotsylvania Courthouse for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fredericksburg (11%), Washington (2%) and Arlington (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 2,489 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,386 Spotsylvania Courthouse residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 1,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spotsylvania Courthouse.

2,386live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

1,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spotsylvania Courthouse goes to work

Fredericksburg9 mi away

11%283

Spotsylvania Courthouse (in town)right here

4%103

Washington, DC57.8 mi away

2%62

Arlington54 mi away

2%45

Chantilly48.4 mi away

2%41

Tysons53.7 mi away

2%38

Alexandria50.9 mi away

1%33

Richmond46.6 mi away

1%30

Fair Oaks47.7 mi away

1%28

Culpeper28.9 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%1,802

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

How far

How far Spotsylvania Courthouse commutes

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

38%

17%

23%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spotsylvania Courthouse is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spotsylvania Courthouse are

1,698 jobs are based in Spotsylvania Courthouse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spotsylvania Courthouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spotsylvania Courthouse

1,698 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Spotsylvania Courthouse residents hold

2,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+66%

Jobs based in Spotsylvania Courthouse, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,698. 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.