With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Ivanhoe works elsewhere
The average commute takes 37 minutes each way (Virginia 27, U.S. 26). 9 jobs are based in Ivanhoe for 201 working residents. Hardly any work in Ivanhoe; the top destination outside it is Wytheville (28%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ivanhoe at work: what stands out
Ivanhoe is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Ivanhoe, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ivanhoe has about 350 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ivanhoe and Wytheville trade workers both ways
Wytheville is the top workplace for Ivanhoe residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Ivanhoe come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ivanhoe workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 201 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Ivanhoe, and who commutes in
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Ivanhoe on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting out of Ivanhoe: the destinations
Where Ivanhoe clocks in
28% 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.
From Ivanhoe, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ivanhoe workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 commuters (the 14% 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.
What Ivanhoe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ivanhoe, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 9. 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 Ivanhoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Ivanhoe
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 Ivanhoe: questions
What is the median household income in Ivanhoe?
$51,406 (±$35,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ivanhoe?
31.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ivanhoe?
37 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ivanhoe work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wytheville (28%, 10 mi), Pulaski (4%, 18 mi), Christiansburg (3%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ivanhoe
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.