Baywood has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Baywood; the top destination outside it is Galax (36%, 6 miles). There are 22 jobs in Baywood, against 188 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Baywood, and who commutes in
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Baywood on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Baywood to work: where people go
Where Baywood clocks in
36% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Baywood makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baywood, 2014 → 2024: 17 → 22. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baywood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes to work from Baywood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baywood workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 254 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.
Baywood’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Baywood: questions
What is the poverty rate in Baywood?
20.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baywood?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baywood work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galax (36%, 6 mi), Independence (7%, 8 mi), Hillsville (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Baywood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baywood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baywood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.