Work & commute · Gloucester Courthouse

Work & commute in Gloucester Courthouse, VA

Most working residents leave Gloucester Courthouse for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Newport News (16%), Williamsburg (4%) and Norfolk (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

150 of 1,206 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,056 Gloucester Courthouse residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 3,406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gloucester Courthouse.

1,056live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

3,406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gloucester Courthouse goes to work

Newport News22.6 mi away

16%198

Gloucester Courthouse (in town)right here

12%150

Williamsburg13.8 mi away

4%44

Norfolk36.6 mi away

3%42

Hampton27.6 mi away

3%37

Virginia Beach51.1 mi away

3%33

Gloucester Point9.3 mi away

3%33

Richmond53 mi away

2%20

Chesapeake51.5 mi away

1%18

Mathews11.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%615

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

How far

How far Gloucester Courthouse commutes

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

27%

36%

22%

15%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gloucester Courthouse is a job hub

2.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gloucester Courthouse are

3,556 jobs are based in Gloucester Courthouse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gloucester Courthouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gloucester Courthouse

3,556 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Gloucester Courthouse residents hold

1,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−16%

Jobs based in Gloucester Courthouse, 2013 → 2023: 4,236 → 3,556. 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.