Work & commute · Verona

Work & commute in Verona, VA

Most working residents leave Verona for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Staunton (12%), Harrisonburg (8%) and Fishersville (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

253 of 1,872 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,619 Verona residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 5,440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Verona.

1,619live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

5,440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Verona goes to work

Verona (in town)right here

14%253

Staunton3.8 mi away

12%228

Harrisonburg18.2 mi away

8%145

Fishersville6.5 mi away

7%139

Waynesboro10.6 mi away

6%113

Stuarts Draft12.3 mi away

6%105

Charlottesville30.5 mi away

2%36

Bridgewater13.6 mi away

2%33

Lynchburg55.9 mi away

2%31

Weyers Cave7.8 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%759

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

How far

How far Verona commutes

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

41%

27%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Verona is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Verona are

5,693 jobs are based in Verona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Verona

5,693 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Verona residents hold

1,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+117%

Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 2,628 → 5,693. 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.