Work & commute · Baywood

Work & commute in Baywood, VA

Most working residents leave Baywood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Galax (26%), Independence (5%) and Hillsville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 166 Baywood residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baywood.

166live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baywood goes to work

Galax6 mi away

26%43

Independence7.8 mi away

5%9

Hillsville17.9 mi away

4%7

Wytheville23.3 mi away

4%7

Mount Airy, NC23.2 mi away

4%6

Sparta, NC10.4 mi away

3%5

Roanoke73.6 mi away

2%4

Bluefield44.9 mi away

2%3

Raleigh, NC142.8 mi away

1%2

Bristol63.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%79

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

How far

How far Baywood commutes

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

45%

22%

13%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baywood is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Baywood are

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

Jobs based in Baywood

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Baywood residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+21%

Jobs based in Baywood, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 23. 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.