Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Boykins commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Boykins itself; outside it, Franklin draws the most (16%, 16 miles). 31 jobs are based in Boykins; 208 of its residents have a job. 3% of workers work from home (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Boykins and work: the main findings
Boykins workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Boykins is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Boykins, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Boykins has about 340 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% 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 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Boykins’ commute takes about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boykins workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 3% 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.
In and out of Boykins on a workday
On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Boykins on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 distance from Boykins to work
About 44% 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.
The towns that employ Boykins’ residents
Where Boykins clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Boykins: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boykins, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 31. 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 Boykins’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 Boykins: questions
What is the median household income in Boykins?
$61,042 (±$12,333) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boykins?
11.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boykins?
45 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boykins work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin (16%, 16 mi), Suffolk (7%, 32 mi), Newport News (5%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boykins without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boykins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boykins
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.