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Jobs & commute in Amonate

Work and commuting in Amonate

Hardly any work in Amonate itself; outside it, Tazewell draws the most (17%, 8 miles). No jobs are based in Amonate in the Census job records; 23 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Amonate by day and by night

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Amonate’s residents

West Jefferson: 1 residents work here (4%)Raleigh: 1 residents work here (4%)Cedar Bluff: 2 residents work here (9%)Richlands: 2 residents work here (9%)Tazewell: 4 residents work here (17%)Abingdon: 1 residents work here (4%)Galax: 1 residents work here (4%)Charlottesville: 1 residents work here (4%)Bedford: 1 residents work here (4%)Welch: 2 residents work here (9%)AmonateTazewellCedar BluffRichlandsWelchWest JeffersonRaleighAmonate
1
Tazewell8.5 mi away
17%4
2
Cedar Bluff9.9 mi away
9%2
3
Richlands11.7 mi away
9%2
4
Welch, WV16.6 mi away
9%2
5
West Jefferson, NC56.5 mi away
4%1
6
Raleigh, NC191.2 mi away
4%1
7
Abingdon38.1 mi away
4%1
8
Galax54.1 mi away
4%1
9
Charlottesville182.3 mi away
4%1
10
Bedford117.4 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%7
The top trips

Where Amonate clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

How far Amonate’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTazewell: 17% · 8.5 miCedar Bluff: 9% · 9.9 miRichlands: 9% · 11.7 miWelch: 9% · 16.6 miWest Jefferson: 4% · 56.5 miRaleigh: 4% · 191.2 miAbingdon: 4% · 38.1 miGalax: 4% · 54.1 miCharlottesville: 4% · 182.3 miBedford: 4% · 117.4 miTazewell 17%Cedar Bluff 9%Richlands 9%Welch 9%West Jefferson 4%Amonate
AmonateTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi5 residents
48%10–24 mi11 residents
9%25–50 mi2 residents
22%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 22% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Amonate: questions

Where do people who live in Amonate work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tazewell (17%, 8 mi), Cedar Bluff (9%, 10 mi), Richlands (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Amonate, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Amonate

Amonate home →

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.