Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDraper has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 49 jobs in Draper; 133 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Draper itself; outside it, Pulaski draws the most (10%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, 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
A workday in Draper: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Draper 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Draper goes to work
Where Draper clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Draper
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Draper, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 49. 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 Draper’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Draper
of Draper workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 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.
How far Draper goes to work
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 Draper: questions
What is the median household income in Draper?
$58,963 (±$28,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Draper?
3.2%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Draper work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pulaski (10%, 4 mi), Radford (8%, 13 mi), Christiansburg (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Draper 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 Draper, from the people who make the trip.
More of Draper
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.