TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
Iron GateGood evening
Work & commute · Iron Gate

Work & commute in Iron Gate, VA

Most working residents leave Iron Gate for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (14%), Clifton Forge (6%) and Selma (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 138 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 138 Iron Gate residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iron Gate.

138live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
33work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Iron Gate goes to work

Iron GateLexingtonClifton ForgeCovingtonSalemRoanokeLynchburgRupertWhite Sulphur SpringsSelmaLow MoorDalevilleCollinsvilleHollinsMadison HeightsCovingtonClifton ForgeSelmaLexingtonLow MoorSalemRoanokeLynchburgDalevilleHollinsIron Gate
1
Covington10.7 mi away
14%19
2
Clifton Forge2.5 mi away
6%8
3
Selma3.3 mi away
6%8
4
Lexington18.9 mi away
4%5
5
Low Moor4.3 mi away
4%5
6
Salem38.3 mi away
3%4
7
Roanoke37.1 mi away
3%4
8
Lynchburg42.7 mi away
3%4
9
Daleville27.4 mi away
2%3
10
Hollins32.7 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%75

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

How far

How far Iron Gate commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Iron Gate 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 Iron Gate are

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

Jobs based in Iron Gate

33 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Iron Gate residents hold

138 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+450%

Jobs based in Iron Gate, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 33. 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.

The porch light’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Iron Gate, VAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Iron Gate is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map