Work & commute · Nickelsville

Work & commute in Nickelsville, VA

Most working residents leave Nickelsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (30%), Gate City (14%) and Lebanon (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 121 Nickelsville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nickelsville.

121live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nickelsville goes to work

Kingsport, TN17.3 mi away

30%37

Gate City11.4 mi away

14%17

Lebanon21.4 mi away

2%3

Abingdon24.8 mi away

2%3

Johnson City, TN28.2 mi away

2%2

Dungannon6.2 mi away

2%2

Nickelsville (in town)right here

2%2

Lynchburg183.2 mi away

2%2

Hampton338.7 mi away

2%2

Burnsville, NC57.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%52

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

How far

How far Nickelsville commutes

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

67%

10%

18%

6%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nickelsville is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nickelsville are

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

Jobs based in Nickelsville

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Nickelsville residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Nickelsville, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 31. 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.