Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 4.4 jobs in Dinwiddie for every working resident, and 1,277 people commute in
Dinwiddie has 1,303 jobs; 299 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Dinwiddie; the top destination outside it is Richmond (8%, 31 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 30 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
The work figures that set Dinwiddie apart
Dinwiddie fills up on a workday
Dinwiddie has 1,303 jobs, 4.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,600 people are in town, more than double the 590 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dinwiddie’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dinwiddie is Richmond, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (24) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Dinwiddie is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 0% are in factories, building or farms. 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; with 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Dinwiddie on a workday
On a workday 273 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 1,600 people are in Dinwiddie on a workday afternoon, 170% more than live here.
4.4 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.
Half of Dinwiddie commutes less than 24 miles
About 19% 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.
Dinwiddie is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dinwiddie, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 1,303. 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 Dinwiddie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Dinwiddie
Where Dinwiddie clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dinwiddie workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 15% 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.
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 Dinwiddie: questions
What is the median household income in Dinwiddie?
$104,205 (±$18,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dinwiddie?
1.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dinwiddie?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dinwiddie work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (8%, 31 mi), Colonial Heights (6%, 16 mi), Petersburg (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dinwiddie
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.