Bogota · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPort Republic has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 12 jobs in Port Republic for 228 working residents. Hardly any stay in Port Republic for work; outside it, Harrisonburg is the main destination (29%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, 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 sets Port Republic apart on work
Port Republic is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Port Republic, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Port Republic has about 290 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Port Republic works in Harrisonburg
65 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Harrisonburg, 11 miles away. That’s far more as work in Port Republic itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Port Republic are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. 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 228 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Port Republic
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Port Republic on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where Port Republic goes to work
Where Port Republic clocks in
29% 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.
The trip to work from Port Republic: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Republic workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 307 commuters (the 6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Port Republic
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Republic, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 12. 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 Port Republic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Port Republic
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.
Port Republic and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Port Republic workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Republic | – | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Grottoes | under 3% | B | D | 24 min | $100,291 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Port Republic’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Port Republic: questions
What is the poverty rate in Port Republic?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Republic?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Republic work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisonburg (29%, 11 mi), Staunton (4%, 16 mi), Bridgewater (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Port Republic 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 Port Republic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Republic
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.