Work & commute · Cedar Bluff

Work & commute in Cedar Bluff, VA

Most working residents leave Cedar Bluff for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richlands (10%), Tazewell (8%) and Claypool Hill (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 374 Cedar Bluff residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Bluff.

374live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Bluff goes to work

Richlands2.6 mi away

10%40

Tazewell14.5 mi away

8%32

Claypool Hill1.7 mi away

6%23

Cedar Bluff (in town)right here

3%13

Abingdon28.7 mi away

3%11

Lebanon21.7 mi away

2%8

Bluefield28.8 mi away

2%8

Bristol39.1 mi away

2%6

Wytheville38.4 mi away

1%5

Salem95 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%236

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

How far

How far Cedar Bluff commutes

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

32%

25%

18%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Bluff is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Bluff

401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Cedar Bluff residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−18%

Jobs based in Cedar Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 492 → 401. 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.