Work & commute · Poquoson

Work & commute in Poquoson, VA

Most working residents leave Poquoson for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Newport News (31%), Hampton (15%) and Norfolk (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

577 of 4,995 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,418 Poquoson residents head out of town to work, 577 work right here, and 1,143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poquoson.

4,418live here, work elsewhere

577live and work here

1,143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poquoson goes to work

Newport News12.5 mi away

31%1,562

Hampton5.6 mi away

15%753

Poquoson (in town)right here

12%577

Norfolk14.6 mi away

4%186

Virginia Beach28.5 mi away

3%138

Chesapeake31 mi away

2%101

Richmond70.2 mi away

2%84

Williamsburg24.3 mi away

1%72

Suffolk35 mi away

1%64

Arlington128.5 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,414

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

How far

How far Poquoson commutes

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

59%

19%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poquoson is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poquoson are

1,720 jobs are based in Poquoson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poquoson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poquoson

1,720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Poquoson residents hold

4,995 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+5%

Jobs based in Poquoson, 2013 → 2023: 1,638 → 1,720. 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.