Work & commute · Gloucester Point

Work & commute in Gloucester Point, VA

Most working residents leave Gloucester Point for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Newport News (22%), Hampton (6%) and Gloucester Courthouse (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

290 of 4,216 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,926 Gloucester Point residents head out of town to work, 290 work right here, and 1,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gloucester Point.

3,926live here, work elsewhere

290live and work here

1,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gloucester Point goes to work

Newport News13.5 mi away

22%939

Gloucester Point (in town)right here

7%290

Hampton19 mi away

6%243

Gloucester Courthouse9.3 mi away

6%242

Williamsburg11.6 mi away

4%167

Norfolk27.8 mi away

3%111

Virginia Beach42.8 mi away

2%103

Chesapeake42.3 mi away

2%73

Suffolk40.4 mi away

1%55

Richmond56.6 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,939

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

How far

How far Gloucester Point commutes

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

32%

41%

12%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gloucester Point is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gloucester Point are

1,354 jobs are based in Gloucester Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gloucester Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gloucester Point

1,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Gloucester Point residents hold

4,216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Gloucester Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,325 → 1,354. 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.