Photo: DwayneP. The original uploader was DwayneP at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Seven Mile Ford has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, where Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Seven Mile Ford report 75 jobs, and 247 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Seven Mile Ford for work; outside it, Marion is the main destination (30%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Seven Mile Ford
Seven Mile Ford and Marion trade workers both ways
Marion is the top workplace for Seven Mile Ford residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Seven Mile Ford come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Seven Mile Ford is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Seven Mile Ford, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Seven Mile Ford has about 470 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Seven Mile Ford are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Seven Mile Ford goes to work
Where Seven Mile Ford clocks in
30% of workers
9% 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.
Seven Mile Ford by day and by night
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Seven Mile Ford on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Commuting from Seven Mile Ford: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Mile Ford workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 commuters (the 17% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Seven Mile Ford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Mile Ford, 2014 → 2024: 132 → 75. 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 Seven Mile Ford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Seven Mile Ford’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
Seven Mile Ford and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Adwolf (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Mile Ford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Mile Ford | – | — | — | 18 min | $38,003 |
| Adwolf | 2% | D | B− | 18 min | $44,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seven Mile Ford’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 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 Seven Mile Ford: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Mile Ford?
$38,003 (±$9,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Mile Ford?
21.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Mile Ford?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Mile Ford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (30%, 7 mi), Atkins (9%, 13 mi), Chilhowie (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Seven Mile Ford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seven Mile Ford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Mile Ford
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.