Work & commute · Gargatha

Work & commute in Gargatha, VA

Most working residents leave Gargatha for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Accomac (9%), Chincoteague (5%) and Nelsonia (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 176 Gargatha residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gargatha.

176live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gargatha goes to work

Accomac7.1 mi away

9%16

Chincoteague16.4 mi away

5%9

Nelsonia2.2 mi away

3%5

Salisbury, MD40.3 mi away

2%4

Onley10.4 mi away

2%4

Washington, DC109.6 mi away

2%3

Parksley4.3 mi away

2%3

Virginia Beach74.3 mi away

2%3

Norfolk70.4 mi away

2%3

Gloucester Courthouse58.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%123

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

How far

How far Gargatha commutes

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

32%

23%

40%

32%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gargatha is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gargatha are

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

Jobs based in Gargatha

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month70%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Gargatha residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+231%

Jobs based in Gargatha, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 43. 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.