Bush Mill · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Nickelsville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 6% of workers (Virginia 18%). Nickelsville has 25 jobs, against 133 working residents. Only 2% work in Nickelsville; the top destination outside it is Kingsport (20%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nickelsville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Nickelsville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ Nickelsville’s residents
Where Nickelsville clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Nickelsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nickelsville, 2014 → 2024: 36 → 25. 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 Nickelsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Nickelsville: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nickelsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 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.
The distance from Nickelsville to work
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 Nickelsville: questions
What is the median household income in Nickelsville?
$46,250 (±$16,110) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nickelsville?
16.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nickelsville?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nickelsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingsport (20%, 17 mi), Gate City (11%, 11 mi), Weber City (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Nickelsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nickelsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nickelsville
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.