Work & commute · Chilhowie

Work & commute in Chilhowie, VA

Most working residents leave Chilhowie for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (19%), Abingdon (8%) and Atkins (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 630 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 574 Chilhowie residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 1,178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chilhowie.

574live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

1,178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chilhowie goes to work

Marion9.6 mi away

19%122

Chilhowie (in town)right here

9%56

Abingdon17.2 mi away

8%51

Atkins16.4 mi away

4%27

Wytheville34.5 mi away

3%21

Bristol29.2 mi away

3%16

Johnson City, TN50 mi away

2%10

Saltville6.9 mi away

2%10

Rural Retreat23.6 mi away

1%8

Kingsport, TN51.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%302

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

How far

How far Chilhowie commutes

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

31%

35%

14%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chilhowie is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chilhowie are

1,234 jobs are based in Chilhowie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chilhowie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chilhowie

1,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Chilhowie residents hold

630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−12%

Jobs based in Chilhowie, 2013 → 2023: 1,397 → 1,234. 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.