Work & commute · Parksley

Work & commute in Parksley, VA

Most working residents leave Parksley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Accomac (7%), Virginia Beach (5%) and Newport News (5%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 349 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 343 Parksley residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parksley.

343live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parksley goes to work

Accomac4.7 mi away

7%24

Virginia Beach72.6 mi away

5%18

Newport News68.3 mi away

5%16

Chesapeake84.4 mi away

3%10

Onancock7.2 mi away

2%8

Chincoteague20 mi away

2%8

Washington, DC106.9 mi away

2%7

Norfolk67.9 mi away

2%7

Parksley (in town)right here

2%6

Chantilly123.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%240

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

How far

How far Parksley commutes

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

37%

11%

50%

37%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parksley is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parksley are

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

Jobs based in Parksley

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Parksley residents hold

349 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+115%

Jobs based in Parksley, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 254. 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.