Work & commute · Pearisburg

Work & commute in Pearisburg, VA

Most working residents leave Pearisburg for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Blacksburg (12%), Christiansburg (6%) and Roanoke (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

197 of 1,163 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 966 Pearisburg residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 1,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearisburg.

966live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

1,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearisburg goes to work

Pearisburg (in town)right here

17%197

Blacksburg17.8 mi away

12%143

Christiansburg22 mi away

6%71

Roanoke42.4 mi away

4%46

Narrows4.4 mi away

2%28

Radford17.1 mi away

2%28

Rich Creek6.3 mi away

2%24

Pulaski19.2 mi away

2%22

Salem37.1 mi away

2%20

Wytheville32.7 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%568

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

How far

How far Pearisburg commutes

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

32%

41%

13%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearisburg is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearisburg are

2,191 jobs are based in Pearisburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pearisburg

2,191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Pearisburg residents hold

1,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+30%

Jobs based in Pearisburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,687 → 2,191. 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.