Work & commute · Vansant

Work & commute in Vansant, VA

Most working residents leave Vansant for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grundy (6%), Lebanon (3%) and Richlands (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 126 Vansant residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vansant.

126live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vansant goes to work

Grundy1.8 mi away

6%8

Lebanon23.7 mi away

3%4

Richlands18.5 mi away

3%4

Vansant (in town)right here

3%4

Abingdon37.6 mi away

2%3

Claypool Hill22.1 mi away

2%3

Salem111.6 mi away

2%2

Roanoke116.9 mi away

2%2

Charleston, WV80.3 mi away

2%2

Cave Spring114.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

74%96

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

How far

How far Vansant commutes

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

42%

20%

30%

42%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vansant is a job hub

2.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vansant are

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

Jobs based in Vansant

301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Vansant residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−17%

Jobs based in Vansant, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 301. 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.