Work & commute · Honaker

Work & commute in Honaker, VA

Most working residents leave Honaker for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (14%), Claypool Hill (4%) and Abingdon (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 394 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 380 Honaker residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Honaker.

380live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Honaker goes to work

Lebanon10.1 mi away

14%54

Claypool Hill12.5 mi away

4%15

Honaker (in town)right here

4%14

Abingdon21.3 mi away

3%13

Richlands10.1 mi away

3%11

Tazewell26.7 mi away

2%9

Bristol29.4 mi away

2%7

Johnson City, TN51.8 mi away

2%6

Norton36.8 mi away

2%6

Kingsport, TN46.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%255

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

How far

How far Honaker commutes

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

29%

35%

16%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Honaker is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Honaker are

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

Jobs based in Honaker

293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Honaker residents hold

394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−22%

Jobs based in Honaker, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 293. 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.