Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0There are 1.8 jobs in Haysi for every working resident, and 295 people commute in
9% of workers work from home; Virginia has 18%. There are 301 jobs in Haysi; 169 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Haysi for work; outside it, Clintwood is the main destination (15%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Haysi, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 163 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 600 people are in Haysi on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.8 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.
Where Haysi’s workers come from
Where Haysi clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
What Haysi’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haysi, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 301. 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 Haysi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haysi workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 9% 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.
Miles to work from Haysi
About 23% 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 Haysi: questions
What is the median household income in Haysi?
$31,833 (±$24,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haysi?
26.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haysi?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haysi work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clintwood (15%, 10 mi), Wise (5%, 23 mi), Pound (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Haysi without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haysi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haysi
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.