Photo: Clariosophic · CC BY 3.0There are 2.2 jobs in Port Royal for every working resident, and 171 people commute in
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Virginia. 171 jobs are based in Port Royal; 76 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Port Royal for work; outside it, Fredericksburg is the main destination (7%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Port Royal on a workday
On a workday 76 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 320 people are in Port Royal on a workday afternoon, 43% more than live here.
2.3 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Port Royal’s workers come from
Where Port Royal clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Port Royal
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Royal, 2014 → 2024: 38 → 171. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Royal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Port Royal, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Royal workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 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.
How far Port Royal’s workers travel
About 33% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Royal: questions
What is the poverty rate in Port Royal?
10.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Royal?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Royal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fredericksburg (7%, 18 mi), Hampton (5%, 92 mi), Richmond (4%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Port Royal 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 Royal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Royal
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.