Elsing Green · Photo: Wainwrightts at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0King William has 2.9 jobs for every working resident: 528 people commute in to work
There are 534 jobs in King William; 184 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in King William for work; outside it, Richmond is the main destination (7%, 27 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
King William on a workday afternoon
On a workday 178 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 440 people are in King William on a workday afternoon, 412% 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 King William
Where King William clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in King William
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in King William, 2013 → 2023: 534 → 534. 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 King William’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From King William, about 69 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 21.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of King William workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 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 King William goes to work
About 31% 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 King William: questions
What is the poverty rate in King William?
17.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from King William?
69 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in King William work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (7%, 27 mi), Newport News (5%, 50 mi), Mechanicsville (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around King William without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from King William, from the people who make the trip.
More of King William
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.