Work & commute · Hurt

Work & commute in Hurt, VA

Most working residents leave Hurt for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Altavista (23%), Danville (4%) and Lynchburg (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 371 Hurt residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hurt.

371live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hurt goes to work

Altavista2.2 mi away

23%89

Danville36 mi away

4%14

Lynchburg21.7 mi away

4%14

Chatham20.4 mi away

3%12

Hurt (in town)right here

3%10

Timberlake15.6 mi away

2%8

Greensboro, NC75 mi away

2%6

Roanoke38.2 mi away

2%6

Gretna10.7 mi away

1%5

South Boston34.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%213

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

How far

How far Hurt commutes

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

35%

23%

14%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hurt is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hurt are

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

Jobs based in Hurt

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Hurt residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−15%

Jobs based in Hurt, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 153. 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.