Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJonesville draws 488 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Jonesville; the top destination outside it is Big Stone Gap (6%, 22 miles). There are 514 jobs in Jonesville, and 289 of its residents work somewhere. For 6% 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
Jonesville and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in Jonesville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Jonesville fell from 1,369 in 2013 to 514 in 2023, −62%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Jonesville is where the jobs are
Jonesville has 514 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Jonesville pay better than its residents’ jobs
65% of the jobs based in Jonesville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 41% of the jobs Jonesville residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Jonesville. The jobs ↓
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 289 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Jonesville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jonesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,369 → 514. 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 Jonesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Jonesville, and who commutes in
On a workday 263 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Jonesville on a workday afternoon, 27% more 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 Jonesville’s workers come from
Where Jonesville clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Jonesville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jonesville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Jonesville
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 Jonesville: questions
What is the median household income in Jonesville?
$18,421 (±$3,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jonesville?
57.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jonesville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jonesville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Big Stone Gap (6%, 22 mi), Pennington Gap (4%, 7 mi), Kingsport (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jonesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jonesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jonesville
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.