Work & commute · Moyock

Work & commute in Moyock, NC

Most working residents leave Moyock for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chesapeake (24%), Virginia Beach (17%) and Norfolk (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

140 of 2,354 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,214 Moyock residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 1,035 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moyock.

2,214live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

1,035work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moyock goes to work

Chesapeake, VA14.2 mi away

24%557

Virginia Beach, VA20.8 mi away

17%399

Norfolk, VA29.4 mi away

11%262

Moyock (in town)right here

6%140

Elizabeth City14.7 mi away

3%75

Raleigh145.2 mi away

3%60

Portsmouth, VA27.2 mi away

2%51

Suffolk, VA28.9 mi away

2%51

Greenville91.7 mi away

2%48

Newport News, VA44.1 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%681

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

How far

How far Moyock commutes

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

50%

21%

20%

9%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moyock is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.50 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Moyock are

1,175 jobs are based in Moyock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moyock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moyock

1,175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Moyock residents hold

2,354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+88%

Jobs based in Moyock, 2013 → 2023: 625 → 1,175. 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.