Work & commute · Weyers Cave

Work & commute in Weyers Cave, VA

Most working residents leave Weyers Cave for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisonburg (15%), Verona (9%) and Staunton (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 1,299 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 1,226 Weyers Cave residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 1,344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weyers Cave.

1,226live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

1,344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weyers Cave goes to work

Harrisonburg11 mi away

15%196

Verona7.8 mi away

9%121

Weyers Cave (in town)right here

6%73

Staunton11.6 mi away

5%64

Fishersville12.9 mi away

4%53

Bridgewater8 mi away

3%43

Waynesboro14.7 mi away

3%40

Dayton9.6 mi away

2%29

Stuarts Draft19.2 mi away

2%28

Charlottesville28.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%632

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

How far

How far Weyers Cave commutes

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

36%

34%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weyers Cave is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weyers Cave are

1,417 jobs are based in Weyers Cave. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weyers Cave’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weyers Cave

1,417 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Weyers Cave residents hold

1,299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+39%

Jobs based in Weyers Cave, 2013 → 2023: 1,021 → 1,417. 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.