Photo: Nyttend · Public domainExmore ranks among the lowest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Measured by household income, Exmore is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. 28.9% of residents are in poverty, against 9.9% across Virginia. For jobs and income Exmore is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Exmore and work: the main findings
Exmore is where the jobs are
Exmore has 851 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Commutes from Exmore are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 69 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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Exmore’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Exmore is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Exmore’s grade.
Unemployment (7.3%) is left out: Exmore’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Exmore stays D−.
Who commutes out of Exmore, and who commutes in
On a workday 460 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 787 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Exmore on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where in the region Exmore works
About 38% 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.
Exmore’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Exmore workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 497 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.
Who travels to work in Exmore, and from where
Where Exmore clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Exmore: what the 851 are
851 jobs are based in Exmore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Exmore, 2013 → 2023: 676 → 851. 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 Exmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Exmore is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 530 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). 18.6% of Exmore households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Exmore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Exmore next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,783 | San Augustine TX | 1,839 | $28K | 46.0% | 8.9% | 18% | D− |
| 5,784 | East Carbon UT | 1,565 | $38K | 22.4% | 18.0% | 2% | D− |
| 5,785 | Exmore VA | 1,396 | $29K | 28.9% | 7.3% | 12% | D− |
| 5,786 | Sterling Township IN | 1,593 | $41K | 41.3% | 7.5% | 4% | D− |
| 5,787 | Camden AL | 1,646 | $36K | 25.5% | 15.1% | 29% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Exmore, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
The towns around Exmore
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Exmore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exmore | – | D− | A− | 18 min | $29,028 |
| Belle Haven | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Willis Wharf | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Belle Haven: the same community as the belle haven cdp of that name, graded once. Willis Wharf: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Exmore’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 Exmore: questions
What is the median household income in Exmore?
$29,028 (±$17,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Exmore?
28.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Exmore?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Exmore work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Virginia Beach (5%, 53 mi), Norfolk (4%, 48 mi), Newport News (3%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Exmore walkable?
Exmore is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Exmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Exmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Exmore
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.