Work & commute · Floyd

Work & commute in Floyd, VA

Most working residents leave Floyd for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (9%), Christiansburg (8%) and Blacksburg (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 188 Floyd residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 499 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Floyd.

188live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

499work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Floyd goes to work

Roanoke32.2 mi away

9%17

Christiansburg16.5 mi away

8%15

Blacksburg22.8 mi away

8%15

Radford19.6 mi away

4%7

Salem29.6 mi away

4%7

Floyd (in town)right here

3%6

Pulaski26.4 mi away

2%4

Rocky Mount24.8 mi away

1%2

Lynchburg70.4 mi away

1%2

Lafayette23.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%117

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

How far

How far Floyd commutes

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

30%

36%

20%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Floyd is a job hub

2.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Floyd are

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

Jobs based in Floyd

505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Floyd residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−21%

Jobs based in Floyd, 2013 → 2023: 643 → 505. 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.