Work & commute · Pound

Work & commute in Pound, VA

Most working residents leave Pound for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wise (13%), Norton (7%) and Clintwood (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 271 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 260 Pound residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pound.

260live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pound goes to work

Wise10.4 mi away

13%36

Norton13.5 mi away

7%18

Pound (in town)right here

4%11

Clintwood8.3 mi away

2%6

Big Stone Gap20.4 mi away

2%6

Pikeville, KY24.6 mi away

2%5

Coeburn14.6 mi away

2%5

Abingdon45.5 mi away

2%5

Jonesville41.3 mi away

1%4

Marion63.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%171

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

How far

How far Pound commutes

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

23%

36%

15%

26%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pound is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pound are

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

Jobs based in Pound

689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Pound residents hold

271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−24%

Jobs based in Pound, 2013 → 2023: 910 → 689. 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.