Phoenix Bridge · Photo: Bruce Harms, Photographer · Public domainMost of Eagle Rock commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Eagle Rock; the top destination outside it is Roanoke (15%, 27 miles). Eagle Rock has 6 jobs, and 85 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 56% of workers, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Eagle Rock
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Eagle Rock on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 Eagle Rock’s residents
Where Eagle Rock clocks in
15% 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.
33% of the jobs in Eagle Rock make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Rock, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 Eagle Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Eagle Rock
of Eagle Rock workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 56% 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.
The commute from Eagle Rock, by distance
About 15% 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 Eagle Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Rock?
$67,159 (±$27,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Rock?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Eagle Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke (15%, 27 mi), Fincastle (9%, 11 mi), Daleville (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagle Rock 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 Eagle Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Rock
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.