Photo: Jarek Tuszyński (user:Jarekt) · CC BY 3.0A job hub: Floyd has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 499 people come in to work
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Floyd has 505 jobs, and 194 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Floyd; the top destination outside it is Roanoke (9%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Floyd
On a workday 188 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 770 people are in Floyd on a workday afternoon, 68% more 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.
Who travels to work in Floyd, and from where
Where Floyd clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 Floyd
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floyd, 2013 → 2023: 643 → 505. 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 Floyd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Floyd takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floyd workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Floyd commutes less than 21 miles
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 Floyd: questions
What is the median household income in Floyd?
$62,688 (±$21,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floyd?
12.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floyd?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floyd work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke (9%, 32 mi), Christiansburg (8%, 16 mi), Blacksburg (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Floyd without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Floyd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floyd
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.