Work & commute · Claypool Hill

Work & commute in Claypool Hill, VA

Most working residents leave Claypool Hill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Richlands (14%), Tazewell (9%) and Cedar Bluff (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 620 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 586 Claypool Hill residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 1,460 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claypool Hill.

586live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

1,460work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claypool Hill goes to work

Richlands3.7 mi away

14%87

Tazewell14.1 mi away

9%54

Claypool Hill (in town)right here

5%34

Cedar Bluff1.7 mi away

4%26

Abingdon27.6 mi away

2%15

Lebanon21.4 mi away

2%14

Bristol38.3 mi away

2%10

Roanoke99.7 mi away

1%9

Bluefield28.7 mi away

1%8

Honaker12.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%357

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

How far

How far Claypool Hill commutes

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

39%

25%

15%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claypool Hill is a job hub

2.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Claypool Hill are

1,494 jobs are based in Claypool Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claypool Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claypool Hill

1,494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Claypool Hill residents hold

620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+28%

Jobs based in Claypool Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,163 → 1,494. 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.