Work & commute · Surry

Work & commute in Surry, VA

Most working residents leave Surry for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Newport News (6%), Stony Creek (3%) and Windsor (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Surry residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Surry.

67live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Surry goes to work

Newport News17.7 mi away

6%4

Surry (in town)right here

4%3

Stony Creek33.9 mi away

3%2

Windsor23.1 mi away

3%2

Smithfield16.5 mi away

3%2

Petersburg31.1 mi away

3%2

Manchester46 mi away

3%2

Albuquerque, NM1663 mi away

1%1

Raleigh, NC135 mi away

1%1

Chattanooga, TN490.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%50

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

How far

How far Surry commutes

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

15%

26%

31%

28%

15%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Surry is a job hub

7.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Surry are

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

Jobs based in Surry

518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Surry residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Surry, 2013 → 2023: 543 → 518. 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.