Work & commute · Saltville

Work & commute in Saltville, VA

Most working residents leave Saltville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (15%), Abingdon (7%) and Chilhowie (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

72 of 683 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 611 Saltville residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saltville.

611live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saltville goes to work

Marion13.9 mi away

15%101

Saltville (in town)right here

11%72

Abingdon16.4 mi away

7%50

Chilhowie6.9 mi away

6%43

Atkins20.1 mi away

5%35

Bristol28.2 mi away

3%20

Wytheville37.6 mi away

2%12

Kingsport, TN49.8 mi away

2%11

Bristol, TN33.4 mi away

1%9

Johnson City, TN50.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%322

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

How far

How far Saltville commutes

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

27%

42%

12%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saltville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saltville are

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

Jobs based in Saltville

594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Saltville residents hold

683 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+20%

Jobs based in Saltville, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 594. 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.