Work & commute · Low Moor

Work & commute in Low Moor, VA

Most working residents leave Low Moor for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (13%), Clifton Forge (6%) and Salem (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 165 Low Moor residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Low Moor.

165live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Low Moor goes to work

Covington6.5 mi away

13%23

Clifton Forge3 mi away

6%10

Low Moor (in town)right here

4%7

Salem36.9 mi away

3%6

Selma1.1 mi away

3%6

Hot Springs14.3 mi away

3%6

Lexington23.2 mi away

2%4

Roanoke36.2 mi away

2%4

Cave Spring40.2 mi away

2%4

Harrisonburg69.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%99

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

How far

How far Low Moor commutes

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

40%

14%

15%

31%

40%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Low Moor is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Low Moor are

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

Jobs based in Low Moor

474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Low Moor residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1723%

Jobs based in Low Moor, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 474. 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.