Work & commute · Cheriton

Work & commute in Cheriton, VA

Most working residents leave Cheriton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Charles (19%), Virginia Beach (7%) and Newport News (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 263 Cheriton residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheriton.

263live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheriton goes to work

Cape Charles3.9 mi away

19%51

Virginia Beach35.8 mi away

7%20

Newport News34.1 mi away

3%9

Chesapeake46.4 mi away

3%9

Richmond84.5 mi away

3%8

Norfolk29.9 mi away

3%8

Cheriton (in town)right here

3%7

Exmore17.9 mi away

3%7

Washington, DC125.1 mi away

2%6

Eastville4.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%139

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

How far

How far Cheriton commutes

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

34%

29%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheriton is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheriton are

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

Jobs based in Cheriton

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month68%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Cheriton residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−45%

Jobs based in Cheriton, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 41. 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.