Work & commute · Wytheville

Work & commute in Wytheville, VA

About one in 3 of Wytheville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rural Retreat (5%), Marion (3%) and Pulaski (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

1,152 of 3,336 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,184 Wytheville residents head out of town to work, 1,152 work right here, and 6,029 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wytheville.

2,184live here, work elsewhere

1,152live and work here

6,029work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wytheville goes to work

Wytheville (in town)right here

35%1,152

Rural Retreat10.9 mi away

5%160

Marion24.9 mi away

3%89

Pulaski19.3 mi away

2%69

Atkins18.1 mi away

2%58

Fort Chiswell7.3 mi away

1%46

Christiansburg39.9 mi away

1%42

Blacksburg41.2 mi away

1%41

Roanoke66.2 mi away

1%41

Galax22.1 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,598

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

How far

How far Wytheville commutes

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

46%

21%

11%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wytheville is a job hub

2.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wytheville are

7,181 jobs are based in Wytheville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wytheville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wytheville

7,181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Wytheville residents hold

3,336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−9%

Jobs based in Wytheville, 2013 → 2023: 7,902 → 7,181. 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.