Work & commute · Rocky Gap

Work & commute in Rocky Gap, VA

Most working residents leave Rocky Gap for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bland (17%), Wytheville (14%) and Beech Mountain (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 36 Rocky Gap residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Gap.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky Gap goes to work

Bland9.8 mi away

17%6

Wytheville19.9 mi away

14%5

Beech Mountain, NC83.3 mi away

3%1

Erwin, TN104.6 mi away

3%1

Crossville, TN235.1 mi away

3%1

Clarksville, TN347.7 mi away

3%1

Pearisburg21.8 mi away

3%1

Christiansburg39.3 mi away

3%1

Blacksburg37.5 mi away

3%1

Williamson, WV70.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%17

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

How far

How far Rocky Gap commutes

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

35%

32%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Gap is a job hub

10.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Gap are

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

Jobs based in Rocky Gap

365 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Rocky Gap residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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.