Work & commute · Hiwassee

Work & commute in Hiwassee, VA

Most working residents leave Hiwassee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Christiansburg (15%), Blacksburg (9%) and Pulaski (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 92 Hiwassee residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hiwassee.

92live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hiwassee goes to work

Christiansburg19.8 mi away

15%14

Blacksburg23.2 mi away

9%8

Pulaski6.7 mi away

7%7

Roanoke45.8 mi away

5%5

Radford12.7 mi away

3%3

Fairlawn14.8 mi away

3%3

Dublin9.2 mi away

2%2

Altavista78.5 mi away

2%2

Galax24.4 mi away

2%2

Hiwassee (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%46

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

How far

How far Hiwassee commutes

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

32%

46%

10%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hiwassee is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hiwassee are

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

Jobs based in Hiwassee

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Hiwassee residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−13%

Jobs based in Hiwassee, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 28. 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.