Photo: Jb91archivist · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 5.5 jobs in Accomac for every working resident, and 1,266 people commute in
For <1% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Accomac has 1,285 jobs, against 233 working residents. About one in ten work in Accomac; the top destination outside it is Virginia Beach (4%, 68 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Accomac: the figures worth knowing
Accomac fills up on a workday
Accomac has 1,285 jobs, 5.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,600 people are in town, 3 times the 520 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
49% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Accomac than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Accomac fell from 3,054 in 2013 to 1,285 in 2023, −58%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Accomac, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 214 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 1,600 people are in Accomac on a workday afternoon, 202% more than live here.
5.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Accomac’s workers travel
About 49% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Accomac, 2013 → 2023: 3,054 → 1,285. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Accomac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Accomac’s workers come from
Where Accomac clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Accomac, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Accomac workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the <1% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Accomac: questions
What is the median household income in Accomac?
$45,986 (±$8,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Accomac?
9.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Accomac?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Accomac work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Virginia Beach (4%, 68 mi), Chesapeake (4%, 80 mi), Richmond (3%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Accomac without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Accomac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Accomac
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.