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Work & commute · Plum Creek

Work & commute in Plum Creek, VA

Most working residents leave Plum Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Christiansburg (22%), Blacksburg (17%) and Radford (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
1 of 560 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 559 Plum Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plum Creek.

559live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
51work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Plum Creek goes to work

BaltimorePearisburgPulaskiGalaxRadfordSalemChristiansburgBlacksburgRoanokeDanvilleRinerPlum CreekDraperSnowvilleFairlawnCave SpringChristiansburgBlacksburgRadfordRoanokePulaskiSalemFairlawnCave SpringDanvilleGalaxPlum Creek
1
Christiansburg5.5 mi away
22%122
2
Blacksburg8.3 mi away
17%97
3
Radford3.1 mi away
7%39
4
Roanoke31.8 mi away
6%32
5
Pulaski15.1 mi away
3%17
6
Salem27 mi away
3%16
7
Fairlawn2.2 mi away
2%10
8
Cave Spring28.1 mi away
1%8
9
Danville71.3 mi away
1%7
10
Galax39.1 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%206

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

How far

How far Plum Creek commutes

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

58%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Plum Creek is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plum Creek are

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

Jobs based in Plum Creek

52 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Plum Creek residents hold

560 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−29%

Jobs based in Plum Creek, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 52. 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.

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