Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Dungannon commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Dungannon; the top destination outside it is Gate City (14%, 14 miles). There are 38 jobs in Dungannon, and 84 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Dungannon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Dungannon on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Dungannon’s residents
Where Dungannon clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
Most jobs in Dungannon are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dungannon, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 38. 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 Dungannon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Dungannon: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dungannon workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where in the region Dungannon works
About 30% 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 Dungannon: questions
What is the median household income in Dungannon?
$19,688 (±$12,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dungannon?
48.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dungannon?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dungannon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gate City (14%, 14 mi), Kingsport (13%, 22 mi), Johnson City (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dungannon without a car?
27% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dungannon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dungannon
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.