Burke's Garden Central Church And Cemetery · Photo: IxieVerns · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Gratton works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Gratton itself; outside it, Tazewell draws the most (26%, 4 miles). 35 jobs are based in Gratton, and 317 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Gratton in brief
Gratton and Tazewell trade workers both ways
Tazewell is the top workplace for Gratton residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Gratton come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Gratton is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Gratton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gratton has about 560 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Gratton workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 317 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Gratton: the destinations
Where Gratton clocks in
26% 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.
Who leaves Gratton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Gratton on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Time on the road from Gratton: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gratton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 0% 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.
A place that makes things: 49% of Gratton’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gratton, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 35. 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 Gratton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Gratton commutes less than 21 miles
About 25% 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 Gratton: questions
What is the median household income in Gratton?
$113,412 (±$39,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gratton?
4.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gratton?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gratton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tazewell (26%, 4 mi), Bluefield (4%, 11 mi), Wytheville (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gratton 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 Gratton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gratton
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.