F.D. CROCKETT (log deck boat) · Photo: O. David Redwine · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Deltaville
45% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Virginia. About one in ten stay in Deltaville for work; outside it, Newport News is the main destination (6%, 34 miles). The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average; Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Deltaville, in brief
Home offices are common in Deltaville
45% of Deltaville workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
46% 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 ↓
Deltaville’s workforce skews older
39% of Deltaville’s working residents are 55 or older. 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 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Deltaville: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deltaville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 commuters (the 45% 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.
Where in the region Deltaville works
About 46% 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 Deltaville’s employers do
366 jobs are based in Deltaville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deltaville, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 366. 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 Deltaville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Deltaville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 461 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Deltaville on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Out of Deltaville to work: where people go
Where Deltaville clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
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 Deltaville: questions
What is the median household income in Deltaville?
$70,231 (±$14,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deltaville?
8.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deltaville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 45% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deltaville work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport News (6%, 34 mi), Richmond (5%, 63 mi), Gloucester Courthouse (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deltaville 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 Deltaville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deltaville
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.