Work & commute · Camptown

Work & commute in Camptown, VA

Most working residents leave Camptown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Suffolk (12%), Chesapeake (11%) and Norfolk (9%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 283 Camptown residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camptown.

283live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camptown goes to work

Suffolk14.4 mi away

12%36

Chesapeake32.9 mi away

11%31

Norfolk39.5 mi away

9%27

Franklin2.6 mi away

9%25

Newport News34 mi away

6%18

Virginia Beach48.4 mi away

6%17

Portsmouth31.9 mi away

3%9

Windsor12.2 mi away

3%8

Smithfield25.2 mi away

3%8

Courtland9.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%103

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

How far

How far Camptown commutes

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

17%

19%

45%

19%

17%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camptown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Camptown are

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

Jobs based in Camptown

416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Camptown residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+36%

Jobs based in Camptown, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 416. 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.