Work & commute · Sussex

Work & commute in Sussex, VA

Most working residents leave Sussex for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (8%), Hopewell (6%) and Petersburg (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

32 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 58 Sussex residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sussex.

58live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sussex goes to work

Sussex (in town)right here

9%6

Richmond43.9 mi away

8%5

Hopewell25.9 mi away

6%4

Petersburg20.9 mi away

5%3

Chesapeake56.1 mi away

5%3

Norfolk56.7 mi away

5%3

Disputanta14.5 mi away

5%3

Roanoke Rapids, NC38.7 mi away

2%1

Raleigh, NC106.9 mi away

2%1

Wakefield16.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%34

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

How far

How far Sussex commutes

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

13%

25%

34%

28%

13%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sussex is a job hub

6.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sussex are

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

Jobs based in Sussex

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sussex residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5188%

Jobs based in Sussex, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 423. 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.