Eyre Hall · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Cheriton works elsewhere
41 jobs are based in Cheriton for 270 working residents. Only 3% work in Cheriton itself; outside it, Cape Charles draws the most (19%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cheriton at work: what stands out
Cheriton is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Cheriton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cheriton has about 220 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cheriton and Cape Charles trade workers both ways
Cape Charles is the top workplace for Cheriton residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Cheriton come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 270 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Cheriton
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Cheriton on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
Commuting out of Cheriton: the destinations
Where Cheriton clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 29% of Cheriton’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cheriton, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 41. 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 Cheriton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Cheriton: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cheriton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cheriton
About 28% 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.
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 Cheriton: questions
What is the median household income in Cheriton?
$49,191 (±$35,181) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cheriton?
29.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cheriton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cheriton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Charles (19%, 4 mi), Virginia Beach (7%, 36 mi), Newport News (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cheriton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cheriton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cheriton
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.