Work & commute · Bastian

Work & commute in Bastian, VA

Most working residents leave Bastian for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wytheville (19%), Bland (7%) and Princeton (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 139 Bastian residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bastian.

139live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bastian goes to work

Wytheville14.3 mi away

19%28

Bland4.2 mi away

7%10

Bastian (in town)right here

6%9

Princeton, WV15.2 mi away

5%7

Tazewell19.6 mi away

4%6

Rocky Gap6.5 mi away

4%6

Norton82.7 mi away

2%3

Bristol66.8 mi away

2%3

Marion29.6 mi away

1%2

Pulaski22.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%72

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

How far

How far Bastian commutes

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

28%

40%

10%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bastian is a job hub

2.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bastian are

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

Jobs based in Bastian

400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bastian residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1567%

Jobs based in Bastian, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 400. 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.