Walnut Spring · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPrices Fork has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Employers in Prices Fork report 96 jobs, and 473 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 16 minutes each way; Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Prices Fork
37% of Prices Fork works in Blacksburg
175 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Blacksburg, 3.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 19 times as many as work in Prices Fork itself. The commute map ↓
Prices Fork is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Prices Fork, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Prices Fork has about 520 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Prices Fork residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
37% of working residents work in Blacksburg
Where Prices Fork clocks in
37% of workers
13% 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.
Prices Fork quiets down on a workday
On a workday 465 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Prices Fork on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
How far it is to work from Prices Fork
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.
Jobs in Prices Fork: what the 96 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prices Fork, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 96. 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 Prices Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Prices Fork, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prices Fork workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 4% 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.
Work next door: 37% of Prices Fork’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prices Fork workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prices Fork | – | — | — | 16 min | $69,063 |
| Blacksburg | 37% | B | A+ | 15 min | $50,182 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blacksburg. Darker towns draw more of Prices Fork’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 Prices Fork: questions
What is the median household income in Prices Fork?
$69,063 (±$33,236) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prices Fork?
7.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prices Fork?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prices Fork work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blacksburg (37%, 4 mi), Christiansburg (13%, 6 mi), Roanoke (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prices Fork without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prices Fork, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prices Fork
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.