Work & commute · Bland

Work & commute in Bland, VA

Most working residents leave Bland for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rocky Gap (11%), Bastian (8%) and Wytheville (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 112 Bland residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bland.

112live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bland goes to work

Rocky Gap9.8 mi away

11%13

Bland (in town)right here

9%11

Bastian4.2 mi away

8%10

Wytheville10.2 mi away

7%9

Princeton, WV18.6 mi away

7%9

Pulaski19.8 mi away

4%5

Richmond202.2 mi away

2%3

Lebanon54.9 mi away

2%2

Radford30.7 mi away

2%2

Blacksburg39 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%57

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

How far

How far Bland commutes

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

32%

36%

12%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bland is a job hub

4.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bland are

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

Jobs based in Bland

576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Bland residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−8%

Jobs based in Bland, 2013 → 2023: 628 → 576. 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.