Belleview · Photo: MarmadukePercy · CC BY-SA 3.0Ridgeway has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 26 jobs in Ridgeway, against 270 working residents. Hardly any work in Ridgeway; the top destination outside it is Martinsville (15%, 7 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, 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
Work and commuting in Ridgeway, in brief
Ridgeway is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Ridgeway, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ridgeway has about 490 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ridgeway workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical 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 270 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Ridgeway: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 269 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Ridgeway on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting from Ridgeway: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgeway workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 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.
Out of Ridgeway to work: where people go
Where Ridgeway clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Ridgeway: what the 26 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgeway, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 26. 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 Ridgeway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ridgeway’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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 Ridgeway: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgeway?
$76,875 (±$50,184) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgeway?
6.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgeway?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgeway work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsville (15%, 7 mi), Collinsville (7%, 10 mi), Danville (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ridgeway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridgeway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgeway
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.