Work & commute · Duffield

Work & commute in Duffield, VA

Most working residents leave Duffield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (15%), Gate City (11%) and Boone (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 27 Duffield residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duffield.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duffield goes to work

Kingsport, TN19.7 mi away

15%4

Gate City13.1 mi away

11%3

Boone, NC71.9 mi away

4%1

Johnson City, TN34.8 mi away

4%1

Bristol, TN34 mi away

4%1

Lebanon41.6 mi away

4%1

Norton17.4 mi away

4%1

Galax104.3 mi away

4%1

Manassas322.3 mi away

4%1

Bristol36.1 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%12

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

How far

How far Duffield commutes

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

23%

38%

15%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duffield is a job hub

15.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duffield are

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

Jobs based in Duffield

429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Duffield residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−6%

Jobs based in Duffield, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 429. 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.