Work & commute · Dublin

Work & commute in Dublin, VA

Most working residents leave Dublin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pulaski (10%), Blacksburg (9%) and Radford (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,017 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 987 Dublin residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dublin.

987live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dublin goes to work

Pulaski5.4 mi away

10%101

Blacksburg16.9 mi away

9%92

Radford7.3 mi away

8%85

Christiansburg15.9 mi away

8%80

Roanoke42 mi away

3%33

Dublin (in town)right here

3%30

Salem37.1 mi away

2%21

Wytheville24.4 mi away

2%20

Fairlawn8.9 mi away

2%17

Cave Spring38.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%526

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

How far

How far Dublin commutes

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

51%

23%

14%

12%

51%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dublin is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dublin are

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

Jobs based in Dublin

719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Dublin residents hold

1,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−18%

Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 719. 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.