Work & commute · Abingdon

Work & commute in Abingdon, VA

About one in 4 of Abingdon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bristol (9%), Bristol (4%) and Marion (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

794 of 3,064 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,270 Abingdon residents head out of town to work, 794 work right here, and 7,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abingdon.

2,270live here, work elsewhere

794live and work here

7,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abingdon goes to work

Abingdon (in town)right here

26%794

Bristol12 mi away

9%271

Bristol, TN17 mi away

4%113

Marion26.8 mi away

3%83

Lebanon14.6 mi away

3%78

Johnson City, TN33.9 mi away

2%56

Kingsport, TN34.2 mi away

2%54

Emory9.4 mi away

1%37

Wytheville51.7 mi away

1%31

Atkins33.6 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,518

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abingdon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

21%

14%

19%

46%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abingdon is a job hub

2.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Abingdon are

7,962 jobs are based in Abingdon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abingdon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abingdon

7,962 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Abingdon residents hold

3,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−12%

Jobs based in Abingdon, 2013 → 2023: 9,094 → 7,962. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.