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Work & commute · St. Paul

Work & commute in St. Paul, VA

Most working residents leave St. Paul for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wise (12%), Lebanon (5%) and Norton (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
13 of 251 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 238 St. Paul residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Paul.

238live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
508work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. Paul goes to work

Johnson CityKingsportSt. PaulCoeburnWiseGate CityMarionBig Stone GapLebanonAbingdonNortonBristolCastlewoodDanteWiseLebanonNortonKingsportAbingdonCoeburnBig Stone GapBristolJohnson CitySt. Paul
1
Wise15.4 mi away
12%30
2
St. Paul (in town)right here
5%13
3
Lebanon13.2 mi away
5%13
4
Norton17.2 mi away
5%12
5
Kingsport, TN29.6 mi away
4%10
6
Abingdon23.6 mi away
4%9
7
Coeburn8.9 mi away
3%8
8
Big Stone Gap25.6 mi away
3%8
9
Bristol21.9 mi away
3%8
10
Johnson City, TN39.2 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%133

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

How far

How far St. Paul commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. Paul is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Paul are

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

Jobs based in St. Paul

521 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities58%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs St. Paul residents hold

251 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month47%
+35%

Jobs based in St. Paul, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 521. 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.

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