Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainThere are 3.7 jobs in Goochland for every working resident, and 1,390 people commute in
For 27% of workers, the job is at home (Virginia 18%). There are 1,418 jobs in Goochland for 383 working residents. Goochland grades B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Goochland
Goochland has far more jobs than workers
Goochland has 1,418 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,200 people are in town, 88% more than the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Goochland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Goochland is Richmond, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Goochland
27% of Goochland workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
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 383 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Goochland: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 355 residents head out to work and 28 work right here.
About 2,200 people are in Goochland on a workday afternoon, 88% more than live here.
3.7 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.
How far it is to work from Goochland
About 18% 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.
Getting to work from Goochland takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goochland workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 334 commuters (the 27% 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.
Where Goochland’s workforce comes from
Where Goochland clocks in
13% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 Goochland, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goochland, 2013 → 2023: 1,583 → 1,418. 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 Goochland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Goochland is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Goochland is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Virginia, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 458 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Goochland households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goochland’s commuters take a bus or train.
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 Goochland: questions
What is the poverty rate in Goochland?
3.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goochland?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goochland work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (13%, 26 mi), Innsbrook (4%, 18 mi), Short Pump (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Goochland walkable?
Goochland is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goochland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goochland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goochland
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.