Work & commute · Timberville

Work & commute in Timberville, VA

Most working residents leave Timberville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisonburg (23%), Broadway (4%) and Mount Jackson (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 1,557 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,513 Timberville residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Timberville.

1,513live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Timberville goes to work

Harrisonburg14.6 mi away

23%354

Broadway2.2 mi away

4%65

Timberville (in town)right here

3%44

Mount Jackson9.9 mi away

2%35

New Market5.6 mi away

2%31

Bridgewater19.8 mi away

2%26

Staunton36.3 mi away

2%24

Dayton17.4 mi away

1%23

Richmond103.8 mi away

1%22

Waynesboro39.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%913

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

How far

How far Timberville commutes

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

21%

43%

10%

26%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Timberville is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Timberville are

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

Jobs based in Timberville

576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Timberville residents hold

1,557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+122%

Jobs based in Timberville, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 576. 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.