Work & commute · Haysi

Work & commute in Haysi, VA

Most working residents leave Haysi for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Clintwood (15%), Wise (5%) and Pound (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 163 Haysi residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haysi.

163live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haysi goes to work

Clintwood10.5 mi away

15%26

Wise23.1 mi away

5%8

Pound18.7 mi away

4%7

Haysi (in town)right here

4%6

Norton27.1 mi away

3%5

Grundy11.2 mi away

2%3

Bristol42 mi away

2%3

Richmond265 mi away

2%3

Pikeville, KY22.4 mi away

1%2

Vansant11.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%104

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

How far

How far Haysi commutes

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

20%

44%

13%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haysi is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Haysi are

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

Jobs based in Haysi

301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Haysi residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+9%

Jobs based in Haysi, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 301. 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.