Work & commute · Glen Lyn

Work & commute in Glen Lyn, VA

Most working residents leave Glen Lyn for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pearisburg (28%), Christiansburg (9%) and Blacksburg (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 32 Glen Lyn residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Lyn.

32live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Lyn goes to work

Pearisburg7.8 mi away

28%9

Christiansburg29.7 mi away

9%3

Blacksburg25.7 mi away

9%3

Roanoke49.9 mi away

9%3

Rich Creek2.4 mi away

3%1

Narrows4 mi away

3%1

Fincastle54.7 mi away

3%1

Radford24 mi away

3%1

Staunton112.2 mi away

3%1

Lynchburg91.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%8

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

How far

How far Glen Lyn commutes

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

41%

13%

22%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Lyn is a job hub

3.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Lyn are

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

Jobs based in Glen Lyn

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Glen Lyn residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−21%

Jobs based in Glen Lyn, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 96. 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.