Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Jarratt has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Jarratt; the top destination outside it is Emporia (19%, 9 miles). 52 jobs are based in Jarratt; 296 of its residents have a job. 4% of workers have no commute at all, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Jarratt
Jarratt is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Jarratt, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jarratt has about 400 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Jarratt workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Jarratt
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Jarratt on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Getting to work from Jarratt takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jarratt workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 501 commuters (the 4% 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 Jarratt goes to work
Where Jarratt clocks in
19% 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.
What Jarratt’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jarratt, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 52. 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 Jarratt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Jarratt
About 27% 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 Jarratt: questions
What is the median household income in Jarratt?
$61,671 (±$2,969) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jarratt?
10.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jarratt?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jarratt work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (19%, 9 mi), Petersburg (4%, 27 mi), Franklin (3%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jarratt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jarratt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jarratt
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.