Photo: Mojo Hand · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Disputanta earns its living
Employers in Disputanta report 97 jobs; 150 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Virginia has 18%. Hardly any work in Disputanta; the top destination outside it is Petersburg (7%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Disputanta
On a workday 149 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Disputanta goes to work
Where Disputanta clocks in
7% 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.
Jobs in Disputanta: what the 97 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Disputanta, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 97. 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 Disputanta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Disputanta
of Disputanta workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 325 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.
The distance from Disputanta to work
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 Disputanta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Disputanta?
9.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Disputanta work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petersburg (7%, 11 mi), Hopewell (6%, 12 mi), Richmond (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Disputanta 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 Disputanta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Disputanta
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.