Work & commute · Seven Mile Ford

Work & commute in Seven Mile Ford, VA

Most working residents leave Seven Mile Ford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (28%), Atkins (7%) and Abingdon (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 Seven Mile Ford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seven Mile Ford.

259live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seven Mile Ford goes to work

Marion6.6 mi away

28%72

Atkins13.4 mi away

7%17

Abingdon20.2 mi away

6%16

Wytheville31.5 mi away

6%16

Chilhowie3 mi away

4%10

Bristol32.2 mi away

3%7

Lebanon25.3 mi away

2%5

Claypool Hill18.4 mi away

2%4

Kingsport, TN54.5 mi away

1%3

Tazewell22.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%107

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

How far

How far Seven Mile Ford commutes

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

42%

26%

16%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seven Mile Ford is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seven Mile Ford are

66 jobs are based in Seven Mile Ford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seven Mile Ford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seven Mile Ford

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Seven Mile Ford residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−45%

Jobs based in Seven Mile Ford, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 66. 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.