Work & commute · Woodstock

Work & commute in Woodstock, VA

About one in 5 of Woodstock’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbia Furnace (6%), Winchester (6%) and Mount Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

501 of 2,345 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,844 Woodstock residents head out of town to work, 501 work right here, and 3,645 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodstock.

1,844live here, work elsewhere

501live and work here

3,645work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodstock goes to work

Woodstock (in town)right here

21%501

Columbia Furnace5.3 mi away

6%144

Winchester27.7 mi away

6%142

Mount Jackson11.7 mi away

3%59

Strasburg12.8 mi away

2%47

Front Royal18.3 mi away

2%47

Edinburg4.2 mi away

2%46

Harrisonburg35.7 mi away

1%35

Reston62.9 mi away

1%27

Richmond108.5 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,272

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

How far

How far Woodstock commutes

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

35%

14%

16%

34%

35%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodstock is a job hub

1.77jobs 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 Woodstock are

4,146 jobs are based in Woodstock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodstock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodstock

4,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Woodstock residents hold

2,345 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−2%

Jobs based in Woodstock, 2013 → 2023: 4,221 → 4,146. 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.