Work & commute · Daleville

Work & commute in Daleville, VA

Most working residents leave Daleville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (28%), Salem (8%) and Hollins (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,284 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,195 Daleville residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 2,971 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Daleville.

1,195live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

2,971work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Daleville goes to work

Roanoke9.7 mi away

28%365

Salem11.8 mi away

8%104

Hollins5.3 mi away

8%102

Daleville (in town)right here

7%89

Fincastle6.4 mi away

6%81

Cave Spring14 mi away

2%32

Blacksburg30.9 mi away

2%29

Lynchburg39.4 mi away

2%27

Cloverdale4.7 mi away

2%20

Richmond133.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%421

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

How far

How far Daleville commutes

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

44%

30%

12%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Daleville is a job hub

2.38jobs 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 Daleville are

3,060 jobs are based in Daleville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Daleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Daleville

3,060 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Daleville residents hold

1,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+58%

Jobs based in Daleville, 2013 → 2023: 1,939 → 3,060. 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.