Photo: bob · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Scottsville
Home is the office for 8% of workers (Virginia 18%). Only 3% work in Scottsville; the top destination outside it is Charlottesville (14%, 16 miles). The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, where Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Scottsville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Scottsville to work: where people go
Where Scottsville clocks in
14% of workers
2% 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 Scottsville: what the 191 are
191 jobs are based in Scottsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scottsville, 2014 → 2024: 220 → 191. 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 Scottsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Scottsville, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scottsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 186 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.
The distance from Scottsville to work
About 25% 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 Scottsville: questions
What is the median household income in Scottsville?
$40,417 (±$27,036) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scottsville?
21.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scottsville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scottsville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlottesville (14%, 16 mi), University of Virginia (8%, 16 mi), Harrisonburg (2%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Scottsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scottsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scottsville
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.