Douthat State Park Historic District · Photo: Virginia State Parks staff · CC BY 2.0Most of Cliftondale Park commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Cliftondale Park for work; outside it, Covington is the main destination (13%, 11 miles). 16 jobs are based in Cliftondale Park; 92 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Cliftondale Park
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10 people are in Cliftondale Park on a workday afternoon, 88% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Cliftondale Park’s residents
Where Cliftondale Park clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Cliftondale Park: what the 16 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cliftondale Park, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 16. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cliftondale Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cliftondale Park
of Cliftondale Park workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cliftondale Park
About 27% 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 Cliftondale Park: questions
What is the median household income in Cliftondale Park?
$53,241 (±$38,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cliftondale Park?
9.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cliftondale Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Covington (13%, 11 mi), Clifton Forge (11%, 2 mi), Roanoke (9%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cliftondale Park 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 Cliftondale Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cliftondale Park
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.