Work & commute · Boones Mill

Work & commute in Boones Mill, VA

Most working residents leave Boones Mill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (25%), Rocky Mount (15%) and Salem (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 99 Boones Mill residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boones Mill.

99live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boones Mill goes to work

Roanoke11.3 mi away

25%25

Rocky Mount8.5 mi away

15%15

Salem13 mi away

6%6

Bedford28.6 mi away

3%3

Cave Spring8.3 mi away

3%3

Winston-Salem, NC72 mi away

2%2

Greensboro, NC70.9 mi away

2%2

Hollins15.8 mi away

2%2

North Shore17.1 mi away

2%2

Kitty Hawk, NC245.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%38

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

How far

How far Boones Mill commutes

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

35%

43%

15%

35%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boones Mill is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boones Mill are

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

Jobs based in Boones Mill

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Boones Mill residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−37%

Jobs based in Boones Mill, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 52. 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.