Work & commute · Coeburn

Work & commute in Coeburn, VA

Most working residents leave Coeburn for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Wise (19%), Norton (11%) and Big Stone Gap (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 551 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 506 Coeburn residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 591 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coeburn.

506live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

591work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coeburn goes to work

Wise6.5 mi away

19%102

Norton8.6 mi away

11%61

Coeburn (in town)right here

8%45

Big Stone Gap17.8 mi away

4%20

Pound14.6 mi away

2%12

Bristol28.5 mi away

2%10

St. Paul8.9 mi away

2%9

Clintwood14.4 mi away

2%9

Abingdon32.1 mi away

1%8

Marion53.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%270

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

How far

How far Coeburn commutes

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

49%

18%

16%

49%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coeburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coeburn are

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

Jobs based in Coeburn

636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Coeburn residents hold

551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−18%

Jobs based in Coeburn, 2013 → 2023: 778 → 636. 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.