Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Irvington has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 457 people come in to work
The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. Employers in Irvington report 470 jobs for 203 working residents. Only 6% stay in Irvington for work; outside it, Richmond is the main destination (6%, 58 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Irvington: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
58% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Irvington are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Irvington’s workforce skews older
39% of Irvington’s working residents are 55 or older. 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 203 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Irvington’s commute, mile by mile
About 58% 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.
From Irvington, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irvington workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 19% 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.
In Irvington, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irvington, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 470. 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 Irvington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Irvington by day
On a workday 190 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
About 740 people are in Irvington on a workday afternoon, 57% 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.
The daily trip into Irvington
Where Irvington clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
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 Irvington: questions
What is the median household income in Irvington?
$126,136 (±$51,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irvington?
5.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irvington?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irvington work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (6%, 58 mi), Norfolk (5%, 52 mi), Kilmarnock (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Irvington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Irvington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irvington
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.