Work & commute · Onley

Work & commute in Onley, VA

Most working residents leave Onley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Accomac (10%), Onancock (4%) and Newport News (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Onley residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onley.

207live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

370work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onley goes to work

Accomac3.3 mi away

10%21

Onancock1.9 mi away

4%9

Newport News61.2 mi away

4%9

Exmore12.7 mi away

3%6

Onley (in town)right here

2%5

Virginia Beach65.3 mi away

2%5

Richmond96.9 mi away

2%4

Chesapeake77 mi away

1%3

Hampton54.7 mi away

1%3

Norfolk60.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%144

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

How far

How far Onley commutes

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

42%

14%

37%

42%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onley is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onley are

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

Jobs based in Onley

375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Onley residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Onley, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 375. 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.