Work & commute · Clintwood

Work & commute in Clintwood, VA

About one in 5 of Clintwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wise (7%), Norton (4%) and Pound (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

95 of 426 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 331 Clintwood residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 1,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clintwood.

331live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

1,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clintwood goes to work

Clintwood (in town)right here

22%95

Wise13.9 mi away

7%28

Norton17.8 mi away

4%17

Pound8.3 mi away

4%16

Coeburn14.4 mi away

3%12

Big Stone Gap26.6 mi away

3%11

Galax91.8 mi away

1%6

Bristol40.6 mi away

1%6

Lebanon27.4 mi away

1%5

Abingdon41 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%225

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

How far

How far Clintwood commutes

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

41%

25%

18%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clintwood is a job hub

3.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clintwood are

1,374 jobs are based in Clintwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clintwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clintwood

1,374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Clintwood residents hold

426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−22%

Jobs based in Clintwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,759 → 1,374. 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.