Work & commute · Weber

Work & commute in Weber, VA

Most working residents leave Weber for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (28%), Gate City (10%) and Johnson City (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 429 Weber residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weber.

429live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weber goes to work

Kingsport, TN7.3 mi away

28%126

Gate City1.8 mi away

10%43

Johnson City, TN21.9 mi away

5%23

Weber City (in town)right here

4%19

Bristol22.5 mi away

3%15

Bristol, TN19.7 mi away

2%11

Abingdon33.3 mi away

2%11

Marion59.9 mi away

2%9

Big Stone Gap20.3 mi away

2%9

Elizabethton, TN26.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%176

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

How far

How far Weber commutes

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

51%

23%

18%

51%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weber is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weber are

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

Jobs based in Weber

465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Weber residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+2%

Jobs based in Weber, 2013 → 2023: 457 → 465. 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.