Work & commute · Warsaw

Work & commute in Warsaw, VA

Most working residents leave Warsaw for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Tappahannock (5%), Richmond (5%) and Virginia Beach (3%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

82 of 634 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 552 Warsaw residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warsaw.

552live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warsaw goes to work

Warsaw (in town)right here

13%82

Tappahannock6.7 mi away

5%30

Richmond49 mi away

5%30

Virginia Beach91 mi away

3%21

Montross9.6 mi away

3%16

Kilmarnock26.5 mi away

2%10

Newport News62.5 mi away

1%9

Norfolk77.1 mi away

1%9

Fredericksburg45.9 mi away

1%8

Washington, DC66.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%412

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

How far

How far Warsaw commutes

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

30%

11%

25%

35%

30%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warsaw is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warsaw are

1,166 jobs are based in Warsaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warsaw

1,166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Warsaw residents hold

634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−9%

Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 1,166. 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.