Work & commute · Penhook

Work & commute in Penhook, VA

Most working residents leave Penhook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rocky Mount (16%), Roanoke (13%) and Cave Spring (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 257 Penhook residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penhook.

257live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penhook goes to work

Rocky Mount13.7 mi away

16%41

Roanoke26.5 mi away

13%35

Cave Spring26 mi away

3%8

Westlake Corner9.3 mi away

3%8

Danville31.1 mi away

2%6

Christiansburg43.5 mi away

2%5

Winston-Salem, NC70.5 mi away

2%4

Martinsville24.7 mi away

1%3

Chesapeake185.7 mi away

1%3

Lynchburg37.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%144

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

How far

How far Penhook commutes

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

41%

26%

25%

9%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penhook is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penhook are

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

Jobs based in Penhook

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Penhook residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−54%

Jobs based in Penhook, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 41. 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.