Work & commute · Raven

Work & commute in Raven, VA

Most working residents leave Raven for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richlands (12%), Tazewell (8%) and Claypool Hill (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 649 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 639 Raven residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raven.

639live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raven goes to work

Richlands2.8 mi away

12%81

Tazewell19.6 mi away

8%52

Claypool Hill6.4 mi away

5%34

Lebanon18 mi away

5%33

Cedar Bluff5.3 mi away

3%17

Abingdon27.4 mi away

2%15

Marion26 mi away

2%11

Bristol36.8 mi away

2%11

Roanoke105.5 mi away

2%10

Raven (in town)right here

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%375

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

How far

How far Raven commutes

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

34%

27%

15%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raven is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Raven are

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

Jobs based in Raven

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Raven residents hold

649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+31%

Jobs based in Raven, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 111. 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.