Photo: AlbertHerring · CC BY-SA 3.0Heathsville has 4.2 jobs for every working resident: 254 people commute in to work
There are 255 jobs in Heathsville; 61 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Heathsville; the top destination outside it is Arlington (7%, 75 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Heathsville, and who commutes in
On a workday 60 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 290 people are in Heathsville on a workday afternoon, 198% more 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.
Where Heathsville’s workers come from
Where Heathsville clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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 Heathsville: what the 255 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heathsville, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 255. 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 Heathsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Heathsville
of Heathsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 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.
How far Heathsville’s workers travel
About 64% 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 Heathsville: questions
What is the median household income in Heathsville?
$11,597 (±$3,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heathsville?
86.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Heathsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arlington (7%, 75 mi), Kilmarnock (5%, 14 mi), Newport News (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Heathsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 78% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Heathsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heathsville
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.