Oak Crest · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork and commuting in Camptown
7% of workers have no commute at all; Virginia has 18%. Only 2% work in Camptown; the top destination outside it is Suffolk (12%, 14 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Camptown: the figures worth knowing
Camptown makes and builds things
83% of the jobs based in Camptown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Camptown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Camptown pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in Camptown pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 54% of the jobs Camptown residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Camptown. The jobs ↓
Camptown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Camptown went from 305 in 2013 to 416 in 2023, +36%. 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 289 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Factories, building and farms: 83% of the jobs in Camptown
416 jobs are based in Camptown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camptown, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 416. 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 Camptown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Camptown on a workday afternoon
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Camptown on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Camptown commutes to
Where Camptown clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Camptown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camptown workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 455 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Camptown’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
Camptown and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Franklin (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Camptown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Camptown: questions
What is the median household income in Camptown?
$85,560 (±$55,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camptown?
3.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camptown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camptown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Suffolk (12%, 14 mi), Chesapeake (11%, 33 mi), Norfolk (9%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Camptown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camptown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camptown
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.