Work & commute · Pulaski

Work & commute in Pulaski, VA

Most working residents leave Pulaski for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Blacksburg (8%), Radford (6%) and Christiansburg (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

551 of 3,376 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,825 Pulaski residents head out of town to work, 551 work right here, and 3,316 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pulaski.

2,825live here, work elsewhere

551live and work here

3,316work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pulaski goes to work

Pulaski (in town)right here

16%551

Blacksburg22.2 mi away

8%259

Radford12.1 mi away

6%199

Christiansburg20.6 mi away

5%179

Roanoke46.9 mi away

4%146

Dublin5.4 mi away

3%89

Wytheville19.3 mi away

2%83

Salem42.1 mi away

2%54

Fairlawn13.9 mi away

1%44

Hollins48.9 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,741

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

How far

How far Pulaski commutes

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

42%

31%

12%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pulaski is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pulaski are

3,867 jobs are based in Pulaski. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pulaski’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pulaski

3,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Pulaski residents hold

3,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+3%

Jobs based in Pulaski, 2013 → 2023: 3,755 → 3,867. 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.