Carter, A. P., Homeplace · Photo: Southern Foodways Alliance · CC BY 2.0Hiltons has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Hiltons report 7 jobs, against 137 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hiltons for work; outside it, Kingsport is the main destination (28%, 10 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Hiltons for work, and who comes in
On a workday 137 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 87 people are in Hiltons on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
Where Hiltons goes to work
Where Hiltons clocks in
28% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Hiltons: what the 7 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hiltons, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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 Hiltons’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hiltons
of Hiltons workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 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.
How many miles Hiltons commutes
About 19% 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 Hiltons: questions
What is the median household income in Hiltons?
$42,866 (±$6,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hiltons?
10.1%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hiltons work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingsport (28%, 10 mi), Gate City (12%, 6 mi), Bristol (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hiltons without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hiltons, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hiltons
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.