Work & commute · Fort Chiswell

Work & commute in Fort Chiswell, VA

Most working residents leave Fort Chiswell for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wytheville (31%), Pulaski (4%) and Hillsville (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 376 Fort Chiswell residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Chiswell.

376live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Chiswell goes to work

Wytheville7.3 mi away

31%119

Pulaski13.1 mi away

4%17

Hillsville17.6 mi away

3%11

Radford25.1 mi away

2%8

Rural Retreat17.9 mi away

2%6

Christiansburg33.4 mi away

2%6

Blacksburg35.3 mi away

2%6

Fort Chiswell (in town)right here

2%6

Galax19.4 mi away

1%5

Independence24.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%194

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

How far

How far Fort Chiswell commutes

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

40%

26%

13%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Chiswell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Chiswell are

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

Jobs based in Fort Chiswell

399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Fort Chiswell residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−28%

Jobs based in Fort Chiswell, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 399. 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.