Work & commute · Martinsville

Work & commute in Martinsville, VA

About one in 4 of Martinsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Danville (6%), Collinsville (5%) and Roanoke (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,307 of 5,236 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,929 Martinsville residents head out of town to work, 1,307 work right here, and 6,588 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Martinsville.

3,929live here, work elsewhere

1,307live and work here

6,588work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Martinsville goes to work

Martinsville (in town)right here

25%1,307

Danville26.2 mi away

6%322

Collinsville3.7 mi away

5%250

Roanoke41.4 mi away

3%144

Rocky Mount22.2 mi away

3%134

Villa Heights2.1 mi away

1%74

Eden, NC14.2 mi away

1%61

Greensboro, NC40.7 mi away

1%57

Bassett8.7 mi away

1%54

Salem42.9 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,790

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

How far

How far Martinsville commutes

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

57%

18%

16%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Martinsville is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Martinsville are

7,895 jobs are based in Martinsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martinsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Martinsville

7,895 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Martinsville residents hold

5,236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−11%

Jobs based in Martinsville, 2013 → 2023: 8,890 → 7,895. 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.