Work & commute · Bassett

Work & commute in Bassett, VA

Most working residents leave Bassett for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Martinsville (13%), Collinsville (9%) and Rocky Mount (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 393 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 377 Bassett residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 473 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bassett.

377live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

473work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bassett goes to work

Martinsville8.7 mi away

13%52

Collinsville5 mi away

9%34

Rocky Mount17.7 mi away

5%20

Bassett (in town)right here

4%16

Danville34.4 mi away

4%15

Stanleytown2 mi away

3%11

Villa Heights6.5 mi away

2%8

Eden, NC22.5 mi away

2%7

Roanoke35.8 mi away

2%6

Richmond148.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%218

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

How far

How far Bassett commutes

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

48%

18%

19%

15%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bassett is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bassett are

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

Jobs based in Bassett

489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Bassett residents hold

393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+12%

Jobs based in Bassett, 2013 → 2023: 436 → 489. 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.