Ebony has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% work in Ebony itself; outside it, Emporia draws the most (10%, 26 miles). There are 38 jobs in Ebony for 70 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Ebony
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 63 people are in Ebony on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Out of Ebony to work: where people go
Where Ebony clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
In Ebony, 76% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ebony, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 38. 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 Ebony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ebony
of Ebony workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 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.
Half of Ebony commutes less than 26 miles
About 46% 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 Ebony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ebony?
16.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ebony work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (10%, 26 mi), South Hill (10%, 13 mi), Richmond (9%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ebony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ebony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ebony
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.