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Jobs & commute in North Garden

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of North Garden works elsewhere

Employers in North Garden report 84 jobs for 223 working residents. Hardly any work in North Garden; the top destination outside it is Charlottesville (27%, 10 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Virginia.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

84 jobs based here
Household income
$108K
median · Virginia $93K
Poverty
4.1%
Virginia 9.9%
Unemployment
2.5%
Virginia 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
26 min
Virginia 27 · U.S. 26
Work in town
<1%
1 of 223 working residents
Work from home
8%
Virginia 18% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily flow of workers through North Garden

On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.

222live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
83work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night480
Workday340
480live here− 220head out to work+ 83come in to work= 340on a workday

About 340 people are in North Garden on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.38jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of North Garden: the destinations

HyattsvilleMarlboroughOrangeCovingtonCharlottesville: 61 residents work here (27%)WaynesboroChesapeake: 2 residents work here (1%)LynchburgRichmond: 3 residents work here (1%)Norfolk: 2 residents work here (1%)Rio: 3 residents work here (1%)Piney Mountain: 2 residents work here (1%)Pimmit Hills: 2 residents work here (1%)University of Virginia: 43 residents work here (19%)Pantops: 13 residents work here (6%)North GardenCrozetHollymead: 5 residents work here (2%)ArlingtonCharlottesvilleUniversity of VirginiaPantopsHollymeadRichmondRioNorth Garden
1
Charlottesville9.5 mi away
27%61
2
University of Virginia7.8 mi away
19%43
3
Pantops11.2 mi away
6%13
4
Hollymead15.2 mi away
2%5
5
Richmond69.8 mi away
1%3
6
Rio11.8 mi away
1%3
7
Chesapeake155.7 mi away
1%2
8
Norfolk149.3 mi away
1%2
9
Piney Mountain18.3 mi away
1%2
10
Pimmit Hills101.5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%87
The top trips

Where North Garden clocks in

27% of workers
9.5 mi awayCharlottesville61 North Garden residents work here · Jobs & commute →
19%University of Virginia
19% of workers
7.8 mi awayUniversity of Virginia43 North Garden residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6%Pantops
6% of workers
11.2 mi awayPantops13 North Garden residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in North Garden

Jobs based in North GardenJobs North Garden residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms24%8%
Trade, transport & utilities19%12%
Services: health, schools, offices57%80%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%17%
Over $3,333 a month43%71%

Who does it

29 or younger27%15%
30 to 5451%58%
55 and older21%27%
+9%

Jobs based in North Garden, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 84. 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 North Garden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From North Garden, about 26 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
202 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

North Garden26 min
Virginia27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of North Garden workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How North Garden gets to work
94%Drive alone
6%Carpool

Share of the 216 commuters (the 8% 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

North Garden’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCharlottesville: 27% · 9.5 miUniversity of Virginia: 19% · 7.8 miPantops: 6% · 11.2 miHollymead: 2% · 15.2 miRichmond: 1% · 69.8 miRio: 1% · 11.8 miChesapeake: 1% · 155.7 miNorfolk: 1% · 149.3 miPiney Mountain: 1% · 18.3 miPimmit Hills: 1% · 101.5 miCharlottesville 27%University of Virginia 19%Pantops 6%Hollymead 2%Richmond 1%North Garden
North GardenTop destinations (size = commuters)
54%Under 10 mi120 residents
24%10–24 mi53 residents
4%25–50 mi10 residents
18%Over 50 mi40 residents

About 18% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in North Garden: questions

What is the median household income in North Garden?

$108,258 (±$16,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in North Garden?

4.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from North Garden?

26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in North Garden work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlottesville (27%, 10 mi), University of Virginia (19%, 8 mi), Pantops (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around North Garden 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 North Garden, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of North Garden

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RankingsTop towns in VAShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.