Work & commute · Hillsville

Work & commute in Hillsville, VA

Most working residents leave Hillsville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Galax (12%), Wytheville (4%) and Radford (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

206 of 1,100 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 894 Hillsville residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 2,253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsville.

894live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

2,253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsville goes to work

Hillsville (in town)right here

19%206

Galax11.9 mi away

12%137

Wytheville23.5 mi away

4%43

Radford26.6 mi away

2%21

Blacksburg36.7 mi away

2%20

Woodlawn4.3 mi away

2%19

Christiansburg32 mi away

2%17

Pulaski20.2 mi away

1%15

Independence24.7 mi away

1%13

Mount Airy, NC18.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%597

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

How far

How far Hillsville commutes

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

34%

31%

16%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsville is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsville are

2,459 jobs are based in Hillsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillsville

2,459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hillsville residents hold

1,100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−15%

Jobs based in Hillsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,879 → 2,459. 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.