Twin County Airport has a 4,600 foot lighted runway with charter, air taxi, and air freight services available. Norfolk Southern mainline runs parallel to I-81, approximately 15 miles north of the Carroll County line. Port of Hampton Roads is 290 miles east. Inland container port at Fort Royal, Va., is 170 miles east. The Town of Hillsville provides waste pickup within the town limits, and a private contractor provides pickup in Carroll County.
Private contractors transport hazardous waste to sites in West Virginia or South Carolina.
Items purchased for direct use or consumption in manufacturing are tax-exempt. Certified pollution control facilities and equipment used primarily for pollution abatement are also exempt. The Carroll County Industrial Park is a fully developed 100-acre facility. The Ivanhoe Industrial Park, developed jointly by Carroll and Wythe counties, includes a 9,600 square-foot shell building. It is located in a Virginia Enterprise Zone.