Work & commute · Moneta

Work & commute in Moneta, VA

Most working residents leave Moneta for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (22%), Bedford (8%) and Cave Spring (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 190 Moneta residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moneta.

190live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moneta goes to work

Roanoke20 mi away

22%42

Bedford11.8 mi away

8%15

Cave Spring21.9 mi away

6%11

Westlake Corner6.7 mi away

5%9

Salem25.2 mi away

4%8

Lynchburg27.2 mi away

4%7

Hollins21.5 mi away

3%5

Richmond119.7 mi away

2%3

Moneta (in town)right here

2%3

Daleville22.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%87

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

How far

How far Moneta commutes

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

14%

60%

18%

14%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moneta is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moneta are

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

Jobs based in Moneta

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Moneta residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Moneta, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 159. 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.