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Work & commute in Pounding Mill, VA

Most working residents leave Pounding Mill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Richlands (17%), Tazewell (10%) and Claypool Hill (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
1 of 143 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 142 Pounding Mill residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pounding Mill.

142live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
77work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Pounding Mill goes to work

NewarkYoungstownBristolClevelandPennington GapCedar BluffLebanonRichlandsTazewellAbingdonGalaxBluefieldWythevilleBristolPounding MillClaypool HillRavenRichlandsTazewellClaypool HillLebanonAbingdonWythevilleBristolCedar BluffGalaxBluefieldPounding Mill
1
Richlands5.5 mi away
17%25
2
Tazewell11.9 mi away
10%14
3
Claypool Hill2.3 mi away
6%8
4
Lebanon23.7 mi away
3%5
5
Abingdon29.4 mi away
2%3
6
Wytheville35.5 mi away
2%3
7
Bristol40.3 mi away
2%3
8
Cedar Bluff2.9 mi away
1%2
9
Galax52.5 mi away
1%2
10
Bluefield26.4 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%76

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

How far

How far Pounding Mill commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pounding Mill is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pounding Mill are

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

Jobs based in Pounding Mill

78 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)73%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)1%
$1,250 a month or less3%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Pounding Mill residents hold

143 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+117%

Jobs based in Pounding Mill, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 78. 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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