With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Stewartsville works elsewhere
There are 21 jobs in Stewartsville, and 256 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Stewartsville for work; outside it, Roanoke is the main destination (30%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Stewartsville
Stewartsville is a place people come home to
There are 21 jobs based in Stewartsville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stewartsville has about 500 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Stewartsville works in Roanoke
76 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Roanoke, 9.2 miles away. That’s far more as work in Stewartsville itself. The commute map ↓
Few Stewartsville workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 256 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Stewartsville by day and by night
On a workday 256 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Stewartsville on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 out of Stewartsville: the destinations
Where Stewartsville clocks in
30% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Time on the road from Stewartsville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stewartsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 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.
Jobs in Stewartsville: what the 21 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stewartsville, 2014 → 2024: 32 → 21. 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 Stewartsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Stewartsville goes to work
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 Stewartsville: questions
What is the median household income in Stewartsville?
$94,390 (±$21,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stewartsville?
12.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stewartsville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stewartsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke (30%, 9 mi), Salem (8%, 15 mi), Vinton (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Stewartsville 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 Stewartsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stewartsville
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.