Photo: APK · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Boyce works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 39 minutes, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. Employers in Boyce report 114 jobs; 372 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Boyce; the top destination outside it is Winchester (9%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Boyce apart on work
Boyce workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 372 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A commute of about 39 minutes in Boyce
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boyce workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 396 commuters (the 22% 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.
How many miles Boyce commutes
About 30% 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.
Who leaves Boyce for work, and who comes in
On a workday 369 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Boyce on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting out of Boyce: the destinations
Where Boyce clocks in
9% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
67% of the jobs in Boyce pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boyce, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 114. 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 Boyce’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Boyce: questions
What is the median household income in Boyce?
$88,616 (±$6,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boyce?
2.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boyce?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boyce work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (9%, 8 mi), Berryville (5%, 6 mi), Leesburg (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boyce without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boyce, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boyce
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.