Work & commute · Henry Fork

Work & commute in Henry Fork, VA

Most working residents leave Henry Fork for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rocky Mount (29%), Roanoke (13%) and Martinsville (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 440 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 436 Henry Fork residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Henry Fork.

436live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Henry Fork goes to work

Rocky Mount2.5 mi away

29%129

Roanoke21.9 mi away

13%58

Martinsville19.8 mi away

3%15

Salem24.1 mi away

3%14

Westlake Corner14 mi away

2%9

Hollins26.3 mi away

2%8

Cave Spring19.3 mi away

1%5

Greensboro, NC60.5 mi away

1%4

Danville37 mi away

1%4

Lynchburg47.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%190

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

How far

How far Henry Fork commutes

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

42%

32%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Henry Fork is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Henry Fork are

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

Jobs based in Henry Fork

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Henry Fork residents hold

440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+73%

Jobs based in Henry Fork, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 104. 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.