Work & commute · Gatesville

Work & commute in Gatesville, NC

Most working residents leave Gatesville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Suffolk (15%), Norfolk (10%) and Chesapeake (9%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Gatesville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gatesville.

105live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gatesville goes to work

Suffolk, VA21.1 mi away

15%17

Norfolk, VA45.5 mi away

10%11

Chesapeake, VA31.5 mi away

9%10

Gatesville (in town)right here

5%5

Ahoskie15.5 mi away

5%5

Virginia Beach, VA47.9 mi away

5%5

Elizabeth City29.9 mi away

4%4

Washington60.5 mi away

3%3

Newport News, VA48 mi away

3%3

Greenville65.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%45

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Gatesville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

26%

37%

21%

16%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gatesville is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gatesville are

260 jobs are based in Gatesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gatesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gatesville

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Gatesville residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−27%

Jobs based in Gatesville, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 260. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.