Work & commute · East Stone Gap

Work & commute in East Stone Gap, VA

Most working residents leave East Stone Gap for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Big Stone Gap (17%), Wise (16%) and Norton (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 164 East Stone Gap residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Stone Gap.

164live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Stone Gap goes to work

Big Stone Gap1.8 mi away

17%28

Wise11.8 mi away

16%26

Norton7.9 mi away

10%16

Kingsport, TN26.4 mi away

5%8

Bristol36.7 mi away

2%4

Abingdon44.1 mi away

2%3

Richmond293.5 mi away

2%3

Harrogate, TN53.9 mi away

1%2

Jonesville24 mi away

1%2

Rural Retreat81.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%70

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

How far

How far East Stone Gap commutes

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

32%

33%

16%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Stone Gap is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Stone Gap are

6 jobs are based in East Stone Gap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Stone Gap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Stone Gap

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs East Stone Gap residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−70%

Jobs based in East Stone Gap, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 6. 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.