Work & commute · Stuart

Work & commute in Stuart, VA

Most working residents leave Stuart for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Martinsville (8%), Patrick Springs (5%) and Roanoke (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

98 of 518 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 420 Stuart residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 1,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stuart.

420live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

1,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stuart goes to work

Stuart (in town)right here

19%98

Martinsville22.6 mi away

8%40

Patrick Springs3.9 mi away

5%24

Roanoke47.3 mi away

4%21

Collinsville20.6 mi away

3%18

Rocky Mount32.9 mi away

2%8

Danville47.9 mi away

2%8

Salem46.1 mi away

1%7

Villa Heights21.2 mi away

1%6

Mount Airy, NC21.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%283

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

How far

How far Stuart commutes

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

33%

19%

16%

33%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stuart is a job hub

3.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stuart are

1,623 jobs are based in Stuart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stuart’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stuart

1,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Stuart residents hold

518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+4%

Jobs based in Stuart, 2013 → 2023: 1,565 → 1,623. 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.