Work & commute · Tappahannock

Work & commute in Tappahannock, VA

Most working residents leave Tappahannock for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (7%), Virginia Beach (3%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

119 of 924 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 805 Tappahannock residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 1,941 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tappahannock.

805live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

1,941work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tappahannock goes to work

Tappahannock (in town)right here

13%119

Richmond42.3 mi away

7%65

Virginia Beach90.7 mi away

3%26

Washington, DC69.1 mi away

3%25

Newport News60.7 mi away

3%24

Mechanicsville32.9 mi away

2%22

Chesapeake90.6 mi away

2%19

Warsaw6.7 mi away

2%18

Norfolk76.3 mi away

2%16

Innsbrook42.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%574

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

How far

How far Tappahannock commutes

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

20%

33%

38%

20%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tappahannock is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tappahannock are

2,060 jobs are based in Tappahannock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tappahannock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tappahannock

2,060 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Tappahannock residents hold

924 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−10%

Jobs based in Tappahannock, 2013 → 2023: 2,300 → 2,060. 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.