Work & commute · Atkins

Work & commute in Atkins, VA

Most working residents leave Atkins for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (22%), Wytheville (6%) and Chilhowie (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

61 of 440 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 379 Atkins residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 1,814 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atkins.

379live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

1,814work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atkins goes to work

Marion6.8 mi away

22%98

Atkins (in town)right here

14%61

Wytheville18.1 mi away

6%28

Chilhowie16.4 mi away

5%20

Bristol45.4 mi away

3%13

Rural Retreat7.2 mi away

3%11

Abingdon33.6 mi away

2%7

Saltville20.1 mi away

1%6

Johnson City, TN65.4 mi away

1%5

Norton68 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%186

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

How far

How far Atkins commutes

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

46%

24%

13%

17%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atkins is a job hub

4.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atkins are

1,875 jobs are based in Atkins. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atkins

1,875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Atkins residents hold

440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−23%

Jobs based in Atkins, 2013 → 2023: 2,449 → 1,875. 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.