Work & commute · Chincoteague

Work & commute in Chincoteague, VA

About one in 4 of Chincoteague’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Accomac (5%), Salisbury (3%) and Chesapeake (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

416 of 1,598 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,182 Chincoteague residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chincoteague.

1,182live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chincoteague goes to work

Chincoteague (in town)right here

26%416

Accomac23.5 mi away

5%81

Salisbury, MD32 mi away

3%53

Chesapeake102.2 mi away

3%46

Washington, DC111.7 mi away

3%45

Virginia Beach89 mi away

2%35

Newport News88 mi away

2%31

Pocomoke City, MD13.7 mi away

2%26

Norfolk86.2 mi away

1%21

Wattsville7.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%828

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

How far

How far Chincoteague commutes

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

34%

13%

45%

34%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chincoteague is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chincoteague are

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

Jobs based in Chincoteague

945 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Chincoteague residents hold

1,598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+2%

Jobs based in Chincoteague, 2013 → 2023: 929 → 945. 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.