Work & commute · Clifton Forge

Work & commute in Clifton Forge, VA

Most working residents leave Clifton Forge for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (12%), Roanoke (4%) and Selma (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 1,312 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,188 Clifton Forge residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 468 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifton Forge.

1,188live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

468work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifton Forge goes to work

Covington9.2 mi away

12%158

Clifton Forge (in town)right here

9%124

Roanoke38.3 mi away

4%59

Selma1.9 mi away

3%39

Low Moor3 mi away

3%37

Lynchburg45.3 mi away

2%26

Salem39.2 mi away

2%24

Lexington21 mi away

2%22

Richmond130 mi away

2%22

Charlottesville74.5 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%784

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

How far

How far Clifton Forge commutes

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

37%

10%

21%

32%

37%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifton Forge is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifton Forge are

592 jobs are based in Clifton Forge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clifton Forge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clifton Forge

592 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Clifton Forge residents hold

1,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−27%

Jobs based in Clifton Forge, 2013 → 2023: 813 → 592. 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.