Work & commute · Tazewell

Work & commute in Tazewell, VA

About one in 4 of Tazewell’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richlands (3%), Claypool Hill (3%) and Bluefield (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

423 of 1,653 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,230 Tazewell residents head out of town to work, 423 work right here, and 2,692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tazewell.

1,230live here, work elsewhere

423live and work here

2,692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tazewell goes to work

Tazewell (in town)right here

26%423

Richlands17 mi away

3%55

Claypool Hill14.1 mi away

3%46

Bluefield14.7 mi away

3%45

Roanoke85.8 mi away

2%34

Wytheville26 mi away

1%22

Princeton, WV28 mi away

1%21

Bluefield, WV18.7 mi away

1%21

Blacksburg59.8 mi away

1%20

Marion20.1 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%947

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

How far

How far Tazewell commutes

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

34%

26%

15%

26%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tazewell is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tazewell are

3,115 jobs are based in Tazewell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tazewell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tazewell

3,115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Tazewell residents hold

1,653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−13%

Jobs based in Tazewell, 2013 → 2023: 3,570 → 3,115. 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.