Work & commute · North Shore

Work & commute in North Shore, VA

Most working residents leave North Shore for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (18%), Rocky Mount (9%) and Westlake Corner (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,006 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 975 North Shore residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Shore.

975live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Shore goes to work

Roanoke21.9 mi away

18%185

Rocky Mount14.3 mi away

9%95

Westlake Corner3.8 mi away

9%94

Cave Spring22.3 mi away

4%36

Salem26.6 mi away

3%33

North Shore (in town)right here

3%31

Hollins24.7 mi away

2%25

Martinsville30.2 mi away

2%18

Danville37 mi away

2%16

Greensboro, NC69 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%458

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

How far

How far North Shore commutes

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

18%

46%

18%

19%

18%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Shore is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Shore are

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

Jobs based in North Shore

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs North Shore residents hold

1,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−4%

Jobs based in North Shore, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 264. 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.