Employees bring non-work stressors to work. Criminology and sociology researchers have frequently focused on environmental factors, such as economy, that are correlated with violence in the community; whereas organizational and psychology scholars have focused on individuals factors such as personality. The current study compares known correlates of communal violence, both fatal and non-fatal, with workplace violence. The data for fatal and non-fatal workplace violence were collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012) and State populations were collected from the United States Census Bureau (www.census.gov). The initial results suggest differences between communal and workplace violence. Different factors were associated with fatal and nonfatal violence. For example, population density of males was positively correlated with workplace fatality, but negative correlated with non-fatal violence; unemployment was significantly correlated with workplace violence in all sectors; and poverty density was not significantly correlated with workplace fatalities nor with nonfatal workplace violence. This research offers practical implications for workplace safety as well as directions for future research.