Photo: Weatherdude at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 4.8 jobs in Lovingston for every working resident, and 988 people commute in
42% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. There are 1,010 jobs in Lovingston; 212 of its residents have a job. About one in ten stay in Lovingston for work; outside it, Charlottesville is the main destination (10%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lovingston, in brief
Lovingston fills up on a workday
Lovingston has 1,010 jobs, 4.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,300 people are in town, more than double the 460 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Lovingston
42% of Lovingston workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Lovingston’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lovingston is Charlottesville, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (22) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lovingston by day and by night
On a workday 190 residents head out to work and 22 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Lovingston on a workday afternoon, 175% more than live here.
4.8 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.
Working from home in Lovingston
of Lovingston workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 42% 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 in the region Lovingston works
About 24% 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.
Commuting in to Lovingston: where workers come from
Where Lovingston clocks in
10% 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.
Most jobs in Lovingston are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lovingston, 2013 → 2023: 1,035 → 1,010. 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 Lovingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Lovingston: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lovingston?
26.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lovingston work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlottesville (10%, 28 mi), University of Virginia (9%, 26 mi), Lynchburg (2%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lovingston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lovingston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lovingston
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.