Buckingham Courthouse Historic District · Photo: Taber Andrew Bain from Richmond, VA, USA · CC BY 2.0Buckingham Courthouse has 2.9 jobs for every working resident: 171 people commute in to work
Only 5% work in Buckingham Courthouse itself; outside it, Farmville draws the most (15%, 20 miles). 174 jobs are based in Buckingham Courthouse, against 60 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Buckingham Courthouse, and who commutes in
On a workday 57 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 340 people are in Buckingham Courthouse on a workday afternoon, 50% more 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 in to Buckingham Courthouse: where workers come from
Where Buckingham Courthouse clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Buckingham Courthouse
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckingham Courthouse, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 174. 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 Buckingham Courthouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Buckingham Courthouse
of Buckingham Courthouse workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 143 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.
How far Buckingham Courthouse goes to work
About 35% 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 Buckingham Courthouse: questions
What is the median household income in Buckingham Courthouse?
$112,295 (±$20,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckingham Courthouse?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Buckingham Courthouse work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmville (15%, 20 mi), Appomattox (5%, 20 mi), Roanoke (5%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Buckingham Courthouse 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 Buckingham Courthouse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckingham Courthouse
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.