Toombs Tobacco Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Thynedale
Only 2% work in Thynedale; the top destination outside it is Chase City (8%, 2 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%. There are 67 jobs in Thynedale, and 63 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Thynedale by day
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 66 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 (1.06 per resident).
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 Thynedale goes to work
Where Thynedale clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Thynedale is a services town
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 Thynedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Thynedale
of Thynedale workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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 Thynedale
About 42% 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.
The towns next door employ 14% of Thynedale
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Thynedale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thynedale | – | — | — | — | — |
| Fairview | 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Chase City | 8% | D | B | 26 min | $45,843 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chase City. Darker towns draw more of Thynedale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Thynedale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Thynedale?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Thynedale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chase City (8%, 2 mi), South Hill (6%, 20 mi), Fairview (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thynedale 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 Thynedale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thynedale
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.