Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Dillwyn, VA
For 1% of workers, the job is at home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%. Only 2% stay in Dillwyn for work; outside it, Farmville is the main destination (6%, 17 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 38 minutes, next to 27 for Virginia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Dillwyn on a workday
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Dillwyn on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Dillwyn goes to work
Where Dillwyn clocks in
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Dillwyn
180 jobs are based in Dillwyn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dillwyn, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 180. 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 Dillwyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 38 minutes to work from Dillwyn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dillwyn workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 1% 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.
The distance from Dillwyn to work
About 37% 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 Dillwyn: questions
What is the median household income in Dillwyn?
$52,794 (±$7,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dillwyn?
6.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dillwyn?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dillwyn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmville (6%, 17 mi), Buckingham Courthouse (6%, 5 mi), Lynchburg (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dillwyn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dillwyn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dillwyn
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.