Most of Augusta Springs commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Augusta Springs has 12 jobs, against 70 working residents. Hardly any stay in Augusta Springs for work; outside it, Staunton is the main destination (14%, 15 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Augusta Springs
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Augusta Springs on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Augusta Springs’ residents
Where Augusta Springs clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 83% of work in Augusta Springs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Augusta Springs, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 12. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Augusta Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Augusta Springs
of Augusta Springs workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Augusta Springs works
About 32% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Augusta Springs: questions
What is the poverty rate in Augusta Springs?
3.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Augusta Springs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Staunton (14%, 15 mi), Stuarts Draft (7%, 17 mi), Jolivue (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Augusta Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Augusta Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Augusta Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.