Work & commute · Waverly

Work & commute in Waverly, VA

Most working residents leave Waverly for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sussex (7%), Richmond (4%) and Petersburg (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 771 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 714 Waverly residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waverly.

714live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waverly goes to work

Waverly (in town)right here

7%57

Sussex12.6 mi away

7%51

Richmond40.2 mi away

4%34

Petersburg20.2 mi away

4%29

Chesapeake50.3 mi away

2%18

Newport News31.8 mi away

2%16

Wakefield7.4 mi away

2%13

Hopewell21 mi away

2%12

Suffolk34.5 mi away

1%11

Norfolk47.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%519

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

How far

How far Waverly commutes

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

17%

31%

32%

21%

17%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waverly is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waverly are

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

Jobs based in Waverly

618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Waverly residents hold

771 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+4%

Jobs based in Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 618. 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.