Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church and Cemetery · Photo: IxieVerns · CC BY-SA 4.0How Allisonia works: jobs, income and commuting
0% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Hardly any work in Allisonia; the top destination outside it is Blacksburg (20%, 26 miles). Allisonia has 49 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Allisonia
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Allisonia on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Allisonia: the destinations
Where Allisonia clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Working from home in Allisonia
of Allisonia workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Allisonia’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Allisonia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Allisonia?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Allisonia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blacksburg (20%, 26 mi), Christiansburg (8%, 22 mi), Roanoke (8%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Allisonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Allisonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allisonia
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.