Lynchburg Covered Bridge · Photo: dok1 · CC BY 2.0Work and commuting in Lynchburg
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. Jobs and income earn Lynchburg C; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% work in Lynchburg itself; outside it, Hillsboro draws the most (12%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lynchburg and work: the main findings
Lynchburg makes and builds things
80% of the jobs based in Lynchburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lynchburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Lynchburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Lynchburg workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 576 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lynchburg
On income, poverty and job access, Lynchburg is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lynchburg’s grade up ($70,956, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Lynchburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lynchburg could be anywhere from C− to B.
Lynchburg makes things: 80% of its jobs are in goods
620 jobs are based in Lynchburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynchburg, 2014 → 2024: 561 → 620. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynchburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lynchburg’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynchburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 735 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Lynchburg, and who commutes in
On a workday 563 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 607 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lynchburg: the destinations
Where Lynchburg clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from Lynchburg to work
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Lynchburg is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lynchburg is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lynchburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 749 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Lynchburg households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lynchburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lynchburg is 3,330th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,328 | Rainbow Park FL | 2,056 | $67K | 12.9% | 4.2% | 2% | C |
| 3,329 | Prince George VA | 1,829 | $62K | 19.2% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,330 | Lynchburg OH | 1,538 | $71K | 12.1% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,331 | Morgan Township IN | 1,228 | $52K | 5.6% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,332 | Greensboro Township IN | 1,674 | $56K | 12.4% | 4.8% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lynchburg, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Lynchburg compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Dodson Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynchburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg | – | C | C+ | 33 min | $70,956 |
| Dodson Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 31 min | $70,441 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | B | C | 35 min | $97,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lynchburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lynchburg: questions
What is the median household income in Lynchburg?
$70,956 (±$8,824) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynchburg?
12.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynchburg?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynchburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (12%, 10 mi), Wilmington (10%, 13 mi), Columbus (4%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lynchburg walkable?
Lynchburg is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lynchburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lynchburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynchburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.