Work & commute · Cave Spring

Work & commute in Cave Spring, VA

Most working residents leave Cave Spring for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (36%), Salem (11%) and Hollins (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,275 of 12,282 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,007 Cave Spring residents head out of town to work, 1,275 work right here, and 9,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cave Spring.

11,007live here, work elsewhere

1,275live and work here

9,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cave Spring goes to work

Roanoke4.5 mi away

36%4,396

Salem4.8 mi away

11%1,412

Cave Spring (in town)right here

10%1,275

Hollins8.7 mi away

4%457

Blacksburg23 mi away

2%231

Lynchburg46.2 mi away

2%203

Rocky Mount16.8 mi away

1%167

Christiansburg22.6 mi away

1%149

Glenvar7.4 mi away

1%124

Daleville14 mi away

1%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,754

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

How far

How far Cave Spring commutes

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

71%

15%

71%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cave Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cave Spring are

10,486 jobs are based in Cave Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cave Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cave Spring

10,486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Cave Spring residents hold

12,282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−10%

Jobs based in Cave Spring, 2013 → 2023: 11,713 → 10,486. 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.