Work & commute · Glade Spring

Work & commute in Glade Spring, VA

Most working residents leave Glade Spring for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Abingdon (16%), Marion (8%) and Bristol (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 507 Glade Spring residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glade Spring.

507live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glade Spring goes to work

Abingdon12.4 mi away

16%83

Marion14.6 mi away

8%39

Bristol24.5 mi away

4%20

Saltville6 mi away

3%17

Atkins21.3 mi away

3%16

Chilhowie5 mi away

3%13

Kingsport, TN46.7 mi away

2%11

Johnson City, TN45.8 mi away

2%10

Bristol, TN29.4 mi away

2%9

Emory3.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%288

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

How far

How far Glade Spring commutes

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

24%

44%

15%

17%

24%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glade Spring is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glade Spring are

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

Jobs based in Glade Spring

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Glade Spring residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+81%

Jobs based in Glade Spring, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 114. 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.