Villa Heights has 4.2 jobs for every working resident: 1,020 people commute in to work
Only 3% stay in Villa Heights for work; outside it, Martinsville is the main destination (14%, 2 miles). Employers in Villa Heights report 1,027 jobs for 244 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Villa Heights: the figures worth knowing
Villa Heights fills up on a workday
Villa Heights has 1,027 jobs, 4.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, more than double the 600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
53% of the jobs in Villa Heights are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Few Villa Heights workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Villa Heights
On a workday 237 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Villa Heights on a workday afternoon, 130% more 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.
What Villa Heights’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Villa Heights, 2013 → 2023: 999 → 1,027. 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 Villa Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Villa Heights’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Villa Heights workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 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.
Who travels to work in Villa Heights, and from where
Where Villa Heights clocks in
14% 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.
Miles to work from Villa Heights
About 16% 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.
23% of Villa Heights works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Villa Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Heights | – | — | — | 19 min | $25,797 |
| Collinsville | 9% | C− | C+ | 19 min | $52,158 |
| Martinsville | 14% | C | C | 21 min | $46,727 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Martinsville. Darker towns draw more of Villa Heights’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 Villa Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Villa Heights?
$25,797 (±$6,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Villa Heights?
20.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Villa Heights?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Villa Heights work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsville (14%, 2 mi), Collinsville (9%, 2 mi), Rocky Mount (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Villa Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Villa Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Villa Heights
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.