Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Scotland works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Scotland for work; outside it, Surry is the main destination (12%, 4 miles). There are 2 jobs in Scotland, against 59 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Scotland on a workday
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Scotland on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 out of Scotland: the destinations
Where Scotland clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
What Scotland’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Scotland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Scotland spends getting to work: about 69 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 21.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scotland workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Scotland
About 22% 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 Scotland: questions
What is the median household income in Scotland?
$44,028 (±$39,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scotland?
10.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scotland?
69 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scotland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Surry (12%, 4 mi), Richmond (10%, 44 mi), Smithfield (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scotland 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 Scotland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scotland
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.