Photo: JodyMBrumage. The original uploader was JodyMBrumage at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 4.7 jobs in Fincastle for every working resident, and 1,371 people commute in
1,398 jobs are based in Fincastle; 299 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Fincastle; the top destination outside it is Roanoke (24%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 10% of workers (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Fincastle
Fincastle fills up on a workday
Fincastle has 1,398 jobs, 4.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,900 people are in town, more than double the 830 who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Fincastle is services
91% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Fincastle has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fincastle went from 945 in 2013 to 1,398 in 2023, +48%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
A workday in Fincastle: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 272 residents head out to work and 27 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Fincastle on a workday afternoon, 133% more than live here.
4.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Fincastle, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fincastle, 2013 → 2023: 945 → 1,398. 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 Fincastle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Fincastle: where workers come from
Where Fincastle clocks in
24% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, about the VA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fincastle workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 10% 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 Fincastle’s workers travel
About 17% 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 Fincastle: questions
What is the median household income in Fincastle?
$72,609 (±$14,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fincastle?
22.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fincastle?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fincastle work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke (24%, 16 mi), Daleville (9%, 6 mi), Hollins (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fincastle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fincastle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fincastle
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.