Work & commute · Cana

Work & commute in Cana, VA

Most working residents leave Cana for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Airy (20%), Hillsville (8%) and Galax (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 436 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 418 Cana residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cana.

418live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cana goes to work

Mount Airy, NC5.8 mi away

20%89

Hillsville13.1 mi away

8%36

Galax14.9 mi away

4%18

Cana (in town)right here

4%18

Dobson, NC13.4 mi away

3%11

Elkin, NC24.1 mi away

2%9

Roanoke62.1 mi away

2%7

Boone, NC61 mi away

1%6

Wytheville34.7 mi away

1%6

Woodlawn13.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%230

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

How far

How far Cana commutes

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

37%

27%

10%

26%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cana is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cana are

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

Jobs based in Cana

164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cana residents hold

436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−9%

Jobs based in Cana, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 164. 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.