Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 9.3 jobs in Boydton for every working resident, and 1,153 people commute in
Employers in Boydton report 1,169 jobs for 126 working residents. About one in seven work in Boydton itself; outside it, South Hill draws the most (6%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Boydton
On a workday 110 residents head out to work and 16 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Boydton on a workday afternoon, 347% more than live here.
9.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Boydton, and from where
Where Boydton clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Boydton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boydton, 2013 → 2023: 1,220 → 1,169. 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 Boydton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Boydton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boydton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 18% 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.
Boydton’s commute, mile by mile
About 49% 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 Boydton: questions
What is the median household income in Boydton?
$53,250 (±$11,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boydton?
14.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boydton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boydton work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Hill (6%, 15 mi), Richmond (4%, 78 mi), Newport News (3%, 107 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boydton 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 Boydton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boydton
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.