Work & commute · Gwynn

Work & commute in Gwynn, VA

Most working residents leave Gwynn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mathews (12%), Newport News (12%) and Hampton (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 187 Gwynn residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gwynn.

187live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gwynn goes to work

Mathews4.2 mi away

12%23

Newport News31.6 mi away

12%22

Hampton30.9 mi away

5%10

Gloucester Courthouse14.4 mi away

5%9

Virginia Beach51.5 mi away

4%7

Norfolk39.6 mi away

4%7

Richmond65.2 mi away

3%6

Gwynn (in town)right here

2%4

Irvington13.7 mi away

2%3

Chesapeake56.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%97

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

How far

How far Gwynn commutes

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

26%

20%

38%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gwynn is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gwynn are

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

Jobs based in Gwynn

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Gwynn residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+117%

Jobs based in Gwynn, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 52. 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.