Hiwassee has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 26 jobs in Hiwassee for 93 working residents. Only 1% stay in Hiwassee for work; outside it, Radford is the main destination (11%, 13 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Virginia as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hiwassee on a workday
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Hiwassee on a workday afternoon, 93% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Hiwassee goes to work
Where Hiwassee clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 92% of work in Hiwassee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hiwassee, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 26. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hiwassee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hiwassee
of Hiwassee workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hiwassee
About 17% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Hiwassee: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hiwassee?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hiwassee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Radford (11%, 13 mi), Pulaski (10%, 7 mi), Blacksburg (9%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hiwassee 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 Hiwassee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hiwassee
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.