Work & commute · Vinton

Work & commute in Vinton, VA

Most working residents leave Vinton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (35%), Salem (8%) and Hollins (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 3,707 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,485 Vinton residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 2,114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vinton.

3,485live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

2,114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vinton goes to work

Roanoke3.9 mi away

35%1,282

Salem9.3 mi away

8%306

Vinton (in town)right here

6%222

Hollins6 mi away

6%206

Cave Spring7.5 mi away

4%149

Lynchburg38.9 mi away

2%83

Daleville9.7 mi away

2%66

Christiansburg30 mi away

1%46

Richmond133.5 mi away

1%40

Blacksburg29.8 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,269

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

How far

How far Vinton commutes

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

68%

15%

68%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vinton is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vinton are

2,336 jobs are based in Vinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vinton

2,336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Vinton residents hold

3,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in Vinton, 2013 → 2023: 2,455 → 2,336. 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.