Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Templeton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Templeton report 35 jobs, against 186 working residents. Hardly any work in Templeton itself; outside it, Richmond draws the most (10%, 32 miles). For 21% of workers, the job is at home; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Templeton
On a workday 186 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Templeton on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Where Templeton goes to work
Where Templeton clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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 Templeton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Templeton, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 35. 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 Templeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Templeton
of Templeton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Templeton
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 Templeton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Templeton?
17.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Templeton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (10%, 32 mi), Petersburg (9%, 9 mi), Hopewell (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Templeton 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 Templeton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Templeton
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.