West Cote · Photo: WestCote.us · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Schuyler commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Employers in Schuyler report 14 jobs, and 111 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Schuyler; the top destination outside it is Lynchburg (10%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Schuyler by day
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Schuyler on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
The towns that employ Schuyler’s residents
Where Schuyler clocks in
10% 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.
36% of the jobs in Schuyler make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schuyler, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 14. 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 Schuyler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Schuyler
of Schuyler workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Schuyler to work
About 23% 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 Schuyler: questions
What is the median household income in Schuyler?
$33,850 (±$9,856) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schuyler?
60.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Schuyler work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lynchburg (10%, 39 mi), Lovingston (10%, 9 mi), Charlottesville (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Schuyler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schuyler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schuyler
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.