New River has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in New River report 9 jobs for 106 working residents. Hardly any work in New River itself; outside it, Blacksburg draws the most (17%, 11 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of New River on a workday
On a workday 106 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in New River 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.
Where New River goes to work
Where New River clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
New River makes things: 56% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New River, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 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 New River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 14 minutes from New River
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New River workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 217 commuters (the 3% 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.
New River’s commute, mile by mile
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.
New River and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Fairlawn (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of New River’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 New River: questions
What is the median household income in New River?
$41,628 (±$3,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New River?
2.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New River?
14 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New River work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blacksburg (17%, 11 mi), Christiansburg (13%, 10 mi), Radford (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New River 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 New River, from the people who make the trip.
More of New River
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.