Oak Ridge Railroad Overpass · Photo: Rob Tucher, Photographer · Public domainShipman has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 9% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. 11 jobs are based in Shipman for 228 working residents. Hardly any stay in Shipman for work; outside it, Charlottesville is the main destination (14%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shipman at work: what stands out
Shipman is a place people come home to
There are 11 jobs based in Shipman, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Shipman has about 260 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Shipman’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Shipman is Charlottesville, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (33) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Shipman workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 100 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 228 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Shipman
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Shipman on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Shipman’s commute, mile by mile
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.
About 40 minutes each way for Shipman’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shipman workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 commuters (the 9% 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 Shipman to work: where people go
Where Shipman clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Shipman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shipman, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 11. 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 Shipman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Shipman: questions
What is the median household income in Shipman?
$49,301 (±$13,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shipman?
21.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shipman?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shipman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlottesville (14%, 29 mi), Lovingston (11%, 2 mi), University of Virginia (9%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shipman 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 Shipman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shipman
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.