Work & commute · Fincastle

Work & commute in Fincastle, VA

Most working residents leave Fincastle for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (24%), Daleville (9%) and Hollins (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 272 Fincastle residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 1,371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fincastle.

272live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

1,371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fincastle goes to work

Roanoke16.1 mi away

24%71

Fincastle (in town)right here

9%27

Daleville6.4 mi away

9%26

Hollins11.7 mi away

8%23

Salem17.9 mi away

7%21

Lynchburg37.9 mi away

2%5

Richmond131.5 mi away

2%5

Cave Spring20.4 mi away

1%4

Radford45.9 mi away

1%3

Buchanan10.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%112

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

How far

How far Fincastle commutes

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

25%

50%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fincastle is a job hub

4.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fincastle are

1,398 jobs are based in Fincastle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fincastle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fincastle

1,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Fincastle residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+48%

Jobs based in Fincastle, 2013 → 2023: 945 → 1,398. 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.