Work & commute · Painter

Work & commute in Painter, VA

Most working residents leave Painter for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Accomac (6%), Exmore (6%) and Newport News (6%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 108 Painter residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Painter.

108live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Painter goes to work

Accomac11.2 mi away

6%6

Exmore4.6 mi away

6%6

Newport News53.6 mi away

6%6

Virginia Beach57.3 mi away

5%5

Chesapeake68.8 mi away

5%5

Williamsburg55.3 mi away

4%4

Eastville18.3 mi away

3%3

Sterling131.7 mi away

3%3

Onley8.2 mi away

2%2

Cape Charles26.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%66

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

How far

How far Painter commutes

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

21%

50%

21%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Painter is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Painter are

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

Jobs based in Painter

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Painter residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−33%

Jobs based in Painter, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 22. 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.