Work & commute · Riner

Work & commute in Riner, VA

Most working residents leave Riner for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Christiansburg (21%), Blacksburg (17%) and Roanoke (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 402 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 395 Riner residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riner.

395live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riner goes to work

Christiansburg5.5 mi away

21%86

Blacksburg11.4 mi away

17%69

Roanoke30.3 mi away

8%34

Radford7.5 mi away

7%30

Pulaski17.7 mi away

2%9

Cave Spring26.2 mi away

2%9

Salem26 mi away

2%7

Riner (in town)right here

2%7

Galax38.1 mi away

1%3

Danville66.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%145

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

How far

How far Riner commutes

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

44%

24%

19%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riner is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riner are

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

Jobs based in Riner

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Riner residents hold

402 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+33%

Jobs based in Riner, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 118. 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.