Work & commute · West Point

Work & commute in West Point, VA

Most working residents leave West Point for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (6%), Newport News (5%) and Virginia Beach (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

231 of 1,719 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,488 West Point residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 1,494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Point.

1,488live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

1,494work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Point goes to work

West Point (in town)right here

13%231

Richmond37 mi away

6%95

Newport News36.3 mi away

5%84

Virginia Beach68.3 mi away

3%54

Williamsburg20.2 mi away

2%39

Norfolk53.2 mi away

2%37

Chesapeake66.3 mi away

2%29

Hampton44.5 mi away

1%25

Washington, DC94.1 mi away

1%24

Suffolk59.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,083

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

How far

How far West Point commutes

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

20%

19%

32%

30%

20%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Point are

1,725 jobs are based in West Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Point

1,725 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs West Point residents hold

1,719 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,669 → 1,725. 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.