Work & commute · Montvale

Work & commute in Montvale, VA

Most working residents leave Montvale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (26%), Salem (8%) and Bedford (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 246 Montvale residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montvale.

246live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montvale goes to work

Roanoke14.8 mi away

26%65

Salem19.4 mi away

8%20

Bedford12 mi away

6%15

Hollins12.8 mi away

4%9

Daleville10.5 mi away

3%8

Lynchburg29.1 mi away

3%7

Cave Spring19 mi away

2%6

Danville58.2 mi away

2%4

Glenvar23.3 mi away

2%4

Montvale (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%108

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

How far

How far Montvale commutes

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

10%

60%

10%

21%

10%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montvale is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Montvale are

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

Jobs based in Montvale

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Montvale residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−27%

Jobs based in Montvale, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 146. 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.