Work & commute · Accomac

Work & commute in Accomac, VA

Most working residents leave Accomac for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia Beach (4%), Chesapeake (4%) and Richmond (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 214 Accomac residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 1,266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Accomac.

214live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

1,266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Accomac goes to work

Accomac (in town)right here

8%19

Virginia Beach67.9 mi away

4%9

Chesapeake79.9 mi away

4%9

Richmond99.8 mi away

3%8

Norfolk63.5 mi away

3%8

Onancock4.2 mi away

2%5

Chincoteague23.5 mi away

2%5

Parksley4.7 mi away

2%4

Newport News64.5 mi away

2%4

Hampton57.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%158

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

How far

How far Accomac commutes

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

35%

13%

49%

35%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Accomac is a job hub

5.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Accomac are

1,285 jobs are based in Accomac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Accomac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Accomac

1,285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Accomac residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−58%

Jobs based in Accomac, 2013 → 2023: 3,054 → 1,285. 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.