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Jobs & commute in Chase Crossing

Chase Crossing has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

1 jobs are based in Chase Crossing; 102 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Chase Crossing; the top destination outside it is Newport News (6%, 67 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Chase Crossing on a workday

On a workday 102 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

102live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night370
Workday270
370live here− 100head out to work+ 1come in to work= 270on a workday

About 270 people are in Chase Crossing on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Chase Crossing goes to work

Selbyville: 2 residents work here (2%)Washington: 1 residents work here (1%)Pocomoke City: 1 residents work here (1%)Accomac: 4 residents work here (4%)Exmore: 3 residents work here (3%)Newport News: 6 residents work here (6%)Virginia Beach: 4 residents work here (4%)Chesapeake: 5 residents work here (5%)Norfolk: 3 residents work here (3%)Chase CrossingGloucester Courthouse: 2 residents work here (2%)Newport NewsChesapeakeAccomacVirginia BeachExmoreNorfolkChase Crossing
1
Newport News66.6 mi away
6%6
2
Chesapeake82.5 mi away
5%5
3
Accomac2.8 mi away
4%4
4
Virginia Beach70.7 mi away
4%4
5
Exmore18.3 mi away
3%3
6
Norfolk66 mi away
3%3
7
Selbyville, DE54.5 mi away
2%2
82%2
9
Washington, DC107.7 mi away
1%1
10
Pocomoke City, MD21.6 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
70%71
The top trips

Where Chase Crossing clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Chase Crossing

Jobs based in Chase CrossingJobs Chase Crossing residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%28%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices100%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%48%
Over $3,333 a month0%39%

Who does it

29 or younger0%28%
30 to 54100%49%
55 and older0%23%
−50%

Jobs based in Chase Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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 Chase Crossing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Chase Crossing

Working from home
0%

of Chase Crossing workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Chase Crossing gets to work
63%Drive alone
37%Carpool

Share of the 129 commuters (the 0% 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

How many miles Chase Crossing commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miNewport News: 6% · 66.6 miChesapeake: 5% · 82.5 miAccomac: 4% · 2.8 miVirginia Beach: 4% · 70.7 miExmore: 3% · 18.3 miNorfolk: 3% · 66 miSelbyville: 2% · 54.5 miGloucester Courthouse: 2% · 53 miWashington: 1% · 107.7 miPocomoke City: 1% · 21.6 miNewport News 6%Chesapeake 5%Accomac 4%Virginia Beach 4%Exmore 3%Chase Crossing
Chase CrossingTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi32 residents
8%10–24 mi8 residents
3%25–50 mi3 residents
56%Over 50 mi55 residents

About 56% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Chase Crossing: questions

What is the poverty rate in Chase Crossing?

65.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Chase Crossing work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport News (6%, 67 mi), Chesapeake (5%, 82 mi), Accomac (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Chase Crossing without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Chase Crossing, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Chase Crossing

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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.