Work & commute · Fancy Gap

Work & commute in Fancy Gap, VA

Most working residents leave Fancy Gap for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsville (25%), Galax (18%) and Pulaski (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 73 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 73 Fancy Gap residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fancy Gap.

73live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fancy Gap goes to work

Hillsville6.5 mi away

25%18

Galax11.8 mi away

18%13

Pulaski26.6 mi away

4%3

Independence25 mi away

3%2

Lexington103.3 mi away

3%2

Fort Thomas, KY264 mi away

1%1

Dobson, NC19.3 mi away

1%1

Elkin, NC29.3 mi away

1%1

Elizabethton, TN88.4 mi away

1%1

Rich Creek49.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%30

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

How far

How far Fancy Gap commutes

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

38%

24%

21%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fancy Gap is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fancy Gap are

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

Jobs based in Fancy Gap

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less58%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Fancy Gap residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−7%

Jobs based in Fancy Gap, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 57. 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.