Work & commute · Glenvar

Work & commute in Glenvar, VA

Most working residents leave Glenvar for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (23%), Salem (18%) and Hollins (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 382 Glenvar residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 2,209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glenvar.

382live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

2,209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glenvar goes to work

Roanoke9.2 mi away

23%92

Salem4 mi away

18%71

Hollins10.7 mi away

6%23

Blacksburg16.8 mi away

4%16

Glenvar (in town)right here

3%13

Christiansburg17.9 mi away

3%10

Cave Spring7.4 mi away

3%10

Daleville15.1 mi away

2%7

Lynchburg51.8 mi away

2%6

Vinton13.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%144

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

How far

How far Glenvar commutes

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

53%

27%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glenvar is a job hub

5.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glenvar are

2,222 jobs are based in Glenvar. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glenvar’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glenvar

2,222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Glenvar residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+29%

Jobs based in Glenvar, 2013 → 2023: 1,718 → 2,222. 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.