Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTroutdale has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2 jobs are based in Troutdale, and 58 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Troutdale itself; outside it, Independence draws the most (19%, 17 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Troutdale quiets down on a workday
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Troutdale on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Out of Troutdale to work: where people go
Where Troutdale clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Troutdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troutdale, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 2. 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 Troutdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Troutdale: about 39 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troutdale workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Troutdale commutes
About 31% 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 2023.
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 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 Troutdale: questions
What is the median household income in Troutdale?
$35,000 (±$20,101) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troutdale?
18.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troutdale?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troutdale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Independence (19%, 17 mi), Galax (7%, 29 mi), Wytheville (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Troutdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Troutdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Troutdale
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.