Work & commute · Tangier

Work & commute in Tangier, VA

Most working residents leave Tangier for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Accomac (11%), Parksley (5%) and Virginia Beach (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 178 Tangier residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tangier.

178live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tangier goes to work

Accomac19.1 mi away

11%20

Parksley18.7 mi away

5%9

Virginia Beach72.2 mi away

4%8

Onley17.6 mi away

4%7

Onancock15.7 mi away

3%6

Newport News59.2 mi away

3%6

Exmore22.2 mi away

2%4

Chesapeake80.9 mi away

2%4

Pocomoke City, MD28.8 mi away

2%3

Norfolk63.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%109

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

How far

How far Tangier commutes

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

48%

11%

41%

1%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tangier is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tangier are

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

Jobs based in Tangier

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month80%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Tangier residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−47%

Jobs based in Tangier, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 10. 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.