Work & commute · Captains Cove

Work & commute in Captains Cove, VA

Most working residents leave Captains Cove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chincoteague (10%), Accomac (5%) and Salisbury (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 559 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 553 Captains Cove residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Captains Cove.

553live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Captains Cove goes to work

Chincoteague5.2 mi away

10%55

Accomac23.2 mi away

5%28

Salisbury, MD27.6 mi away

4%25

Newport News87.4 mi away

2%13

Pocomoke City, MD8.5 mi away

2%12

Virginia Beach90.4 mi away

2%12

Wattsville5.9 mi away

2%11

Chesapeake102.9 mi away

2%10

Berlin, MD25.8 mi away

2%9

Hampton81.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%375

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

How far

How far Captains Cove commutes

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

27%

16%

12%

46%

27%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Captains Cove is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Captains Cove are

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

Jobs based in Captains Cove

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Captains Cove residents hold

559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+7%

Jobs based in Captains Cove, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 63. 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.