Chatmoss has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 199 jobs in Chatmoss for 624 working residents. Chatmoss grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Chatmoss
Fewer jobs are based in Chatmoss than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Chatmoss fell from 447 in 2013 to 199 in 2023, −55%. 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 ↓
Chatmoss and Martinsville trade workers both ways
Martinsville is the top workplace for Chatmoss residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Chatmoss come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Chatmoss are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
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 624 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Chatmoss
On income, poverty and job access, Chatmoss is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Chatmoss’ grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Chatmoss’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Chatmoss could be anywhere from C− to A.
Jobs in Chatmoss: what the 199 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chatmoss, 2013 → 2023: 447 → 199. 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 Chatmoss’s own residents hold wherever they work.
22% of working residents work in Martinsville
Where Chatmoss clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
How long Chatmoss spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chatmoss workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 713 commuters (the 9% 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.
Who commutes out of Chatmoss, and who commutes in
On a workday 619 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Chatmoss on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Chatmoss
About 15% 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.
In Chatmoss, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chatmoss is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 782 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Chatmoss households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chatmoss’ commuters take a bus or train.
Chatmoss is 1,578th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Mason Neck VA | 2,039 | $168K | 1.1% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Stoddard NH | 1,468 | $95K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,577 | Arcadia WI | 1,719 | $80K | 3.3% | 0.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,578 | Chatmoss VA | 1,563 | $74K | 5.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,579 | North Bonneville WA | 1,415 | $100K | 4.6% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,580 | Linton Township IN | 1,254 | $99K | 8.0% | 6.1% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Chatmoss, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Around Chatmoss: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chatmoss workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatmoss | – | B | C− | 22 min | $73,643 |
| Laurel Park | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Laurel Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chatmoss’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 Chatmoss: questions
What is the median household income in Chatmoss?
$73,643 (±$47,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chatmoss?
5.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chatmoss?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chatmoss work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsville (22%, 4 mi), Collinsville (8%, 7 mi), Danville (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chatmoss walkable?
Chatmoss is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chatmoss 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 Chatmoss, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chatmoss
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.