Photo: DwayneP. The original uploader was DwayneP at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Fort Chiswell
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Only 2% stay in Fort Chiswell for work; outside it, Wytheville is the main destination (31%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Fort Chiswell apart
Fort Chiswell and Wytheville trade workers both ways
Wytheville is the top workplace for Fort Chiswell residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Fort Chiswell come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fort Chiswell
49% of Fort Chiswell residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 20% of the jobs based in Fort Chiswell pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
47% of the jobs in Fort Chiswell are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 382 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Fort Chiswell’s working residents head each day
Where Fort Chiswell clocks in
31% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Inside Fort Chiswell’s 399 jobs
399 jobs are based in Fort Chiswell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Chiswell, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 399. 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 Fort Chiswell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fort Chiswell by day and by night
On a workday 376 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Fort Chiswell, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Chiswell workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 452 commuters (the 2% 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 it is to work from Fort Chiswell
About 21% 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.
Next door to Fort Chiswell
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fort Chiswell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Chiswell | – | — | — | 24 min | $88,719 |
| Max Meadows | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Max Meadows: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fort Chiswell’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Fort Chiswell: questions
What is the median household income in Fort Chiswell?
$88,719 (±$15,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fort Chiswell?
3.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fort Chiswell?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fort Chiswell work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wytheville (31%, 7 mi), Pulaski (4%, 13 mi), Hillsville (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fort Chiswell 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 Fort Chiswell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Chiswell
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.