Henrico draws the most metro Richmond commuter traffic
Their top destination: another locality in metro Richmond.
Why it matters: The new data illustrates how deeply Richmond and its surrounding counties are interconnected.
State of play: The Weldon Cooper Center used commuting data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2022 employment and employer data sets, the most recent year available, to create its Virginia Commuting Patterns dashboard.
This data can be especially useful to local governments as they plan for transportation and housing investments, the center notes.
What they found: In all four big metro Richmond localities, just a fraction of residents work where they live.
And when locals commute, it's not the city of Richmond that draws the most — it's Henrico County.
By the numbers: Each day, 411,073 people commute from their home city or county into one of the region's big four localities, per the data.
➡️ Here's where they're headed:
Henrico: 143,546 commute in
Richmond: 129,483
Chesterfield: 91,584
Hanover: 46,460
Yes, but: Except for Chesterfield, every metro locality attracts more commuting workers than it loses.
⬅️ Here's where they're leaving:
Chesterfield: 120,770 people commute out
Henrico: 103,249
Richmond: 72,523
Hanover: 43,021
Between the lines: Richmond's suburbs have long been white-collar job hubs for the region.
That's been the case at least since Henrico's Innsbrook office park opened in 1980 — now home to around 500 companies and 22,000 workers, according to its website.
Of the region's largest employers, 19 are located in Henrico and 19 in Richmond, per the Greater Richmond Partnership. (Chesterfield has nine and Hanover, four).
The intrigue: The NoVa commuter, here to raise housing prices with their inflated salaries, seems to be less of a factor than locals perhaps thought, the data suggests.
Inbound and outbound commutes between RVA and NoVa localities account for 2%-5% of any local commute.
The fine print: The Census Bureau's job location stats used the employer's address, which may not reflect the actual office location, nor does it distinguish between remote, hybrid or in-person work, per the center.
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