Work & commute · Waynesboro

Work & commute in Waynesboro, VA

Most working residents leave Waynesboro for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Stuarts Draft (9%), Fishersville (6%) and Staunton (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,966 of 10,300 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,334 Waynesboro residents head out of town to work, 1,966 work right here, and 7,620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waynesboro.

8,334live here, work elsewhere

1,966live and work here

7,620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waynesboro goes to work

Waynesboro (in town)right here

19%1,966

Stuarts Draft8 mi away

9%899

Fishersville5.2 mi away

6%665

Staunton10.7 mi away

6%611

Charlottesville22.7 mi away

6%601

Verona10.6 mi away

4%430

University of Virginia20.8 mi away

3%345

Harrisonburg25.5 mi away

3%302

Roanoke79.4 mi away

1%137

Lynchburg48.9 mi away

1%130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,214

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

How far

How far Waynesboro commutes

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

42%

29%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waynesboro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waynesboro are

9,586 jobs are based in Waynesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waynesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waynesboro

9,586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Waynesboro residents hold

10,300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Waynesboro, 2013 → 2023: 9,873 → 9,586. 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.