Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, VA

About one in 5 of Lebanon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Abingdon (7%), Bristol (4%) and Richlands (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

238 of 1,210 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 972 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 3,025 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

972live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

3,025work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

Lebanon (in town)right here

20%238

Abingdon14.6 mi away

7%90

Bristol20 mi away

4%54

Richlands19.7 mi away

2%30

Kingsport, TN36.8 mi away

2%23

Johnson City, TN42 mi away

2%22

Bristol, TN24.8 mi away

2%20

Claypool Hill21.4 mi away

1%17

Tazewell35.3 mi away

1%15

Norton30.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%687

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

31%

38%

15%

16%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is a job hub

2.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

3,263 jobs are based in Lebanon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lebanon

3,263 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

1,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−19%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 4,017 → 3,263. 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.