Chamberlayne has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
398 jobs are based in Chamberlayne; 2,520 of its residents have a job. Chamberlayne grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Chamberlayne for work; outside it, Richmond is the main destination (24%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chamberlayne: the figures worth knowing
Chamberlayne is a place people come home to
There are 398 jobs based in Chamberlayne, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chamberlayne has about 2,600 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Chamberlayne residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in Chamberlayne are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Chamberlayne gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chamberlayne is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #119 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Chamberlayne’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chamberlayne could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Chamberlayne by day and by night
On a workday 2,510 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Chamberlayne on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Half of Chamberlayne commutes less than 7 miles
About 16% 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 kinds of work in Chamberlayne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chamberlayne, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 398. 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 Chamberlayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Chamberlayne to work: where people go
Where Chamberlayne clocks in
24% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chamberlayne workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,799 commuters (the 24% 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.
Getting around Chamberlayne: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chamberlayne is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #239 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,373 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Chamberlayne households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chamberlayne’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Chamberlayne ranks: 903rd of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Navy VA | 3,839 | $239K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Crosspointe VA | 5,669 | $250K | 3.7% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 901 | Hartville OH | 3,456 | $70K | 7.9% | 0.6% | 6% | A− |
| 902 | Orrington ME | 3,912 | $95K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| 903 | Chamberlayne VA | 4,692 | $98K | 6.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A− |
| 904 | Baughman Township OH | 4,759 | $77K | 5.8% | 2.8% | 14% | A− |
| 905 | Salem Township PA | 6,006 | $80K | 6.5% | 2.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Chamberlayne, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Chamberlayne and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Mechanicsville (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chamberlayne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberlayne | – | A− | C− | 23 min | $97,544 |
| Mechanicsville | 5% | A | C | 24 min | $98,595 |
| Glen Allen | 1% | A | C+ | 25 min | $92,723 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chamberlayne’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Chamberlayne: questions
What is the median household income in Chamberlayne?
$97,544 (±$11,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chamberlayne?
6.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chamberlayne?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chamberlayne work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (24%, 7 mi), Mechanicsville (5%, 4 mi), Innsbrook (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chamberlayne walkable?
Chamberlayne is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chamberlayne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chamberlayne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chamberlayne
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.