Work & commute · Timberlake

Work & commute in Timberlake, VA

Most working residents leave Timberlake for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lynchburg (37%), Forest (6%) and Rustburg (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

270 of 5,527 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,257 Timberlake residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 2,992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Timberlake.

5,257live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

2,992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Timberlake goes to work

Lynchburg6.3 mi away

37%2,054

Forest4.3 mi away

6%334

Timberlake (in town)right here

5%270

Rustburg8.6 mi away

4%200

Roanoke39.2 mi away

3%142

Bedford14.8 mi away

2%131

Madison Heights11.9 mi away

1%70

Altavista13.5 mi away

1%67

Richmond98.3 mi away

1%50

Salem44.5 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,164

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

How far

How far Timberlake commutes

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

59%

13%

19%

59%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Timberlake is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Timberlake are

3,262 jobs are based in Timberlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Timberlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Timberlake

3,262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Timberlake residents hold

5,527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+12%

Jobs based in Timberlake, 2013 → 2023: 2,911 → 3,262. 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.