Work & commute · Westlake Corner

Work & commute in Westlake Corner, VA

Most working residents leave Westlake Corner for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (24%), Rocky Mount (9%) and Salem (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

68 of 586 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 518 Westlake Corner residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 1,140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westlake Corner.

518live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

1,140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westlake Corner goes to work

Roanoke18.1 mi away

24%142

Westlake Corner (in town)right here

12%68

Rocky Mount13 mi away

9%51

Salem22.8 mi away

4%24

Cave Spring18.6 mi away

4%23

Hollins20.9 mi away

3%20

Martinsville31.4 mi away

2%10

North Shore3.8 mi away

2%10

Bedford18.3 mi away

2%9

Christiansburg39 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%221

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

How far

How far Westlake Corner commutes

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

19%

57%

10%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westlake Corner is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westlake Corner are

1,208 jobs are based in Westlake Corner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westlake Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westlake Corner

1,208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Westlake Corner residents hold

586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+40%

Jobs based in Westlake Corner, 2013 → 2023: 865 → 1,208. 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.