Work & commute · Christiansburg

Work & commute in Christiansburg, VA

About one in 4 of Christiansburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Blacksburg (28%), Roanoke (6%) and Radford (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

2,426 of 10,243 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,817 Christiansburg residents head out of town to work, 2,426 work right here, and 9,900 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Christiansburg.

7,817live here, work elsewhere

2,426live and work here

9,900work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Christiansburg goes to work

Blacksburg6.4 mi away

28%2,827

Christiansburg (in town)right here

24%2,426

Roanoke26.3 mi away

6%653

Radford8.6 mi away

4%454

Salem21.7 mi away

3%346

Pulaski20.6 mi away

1%147

Cave Spring22.6 mi away

1%135

Hollins28.6 mi away

1%102

Galax43.2 mi away

1%58

Glenvar17.9 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,040

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

How far

How far Christiansburg commutes

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

61%

15%

12%

11%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Christiansburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Christiansburg are

12,326 jobs are based in Christiansburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Christiansburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Christiansburg

12,326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Christiansburg residents hold

10,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−2%

Jobs based in Christiansburg, 2013 → 2023: 12,531 → 12,326. 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.