Winona · Public domainThere are 3.1 jobs in Franktown for every working resident, and 55 people commute in
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Virginia 18%). Franktown has 55 jobs, and 18 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Franktown for work; outside it, Accomac is the main destination (6%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Franktown for work, and who comes in
On a workday 18 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 49 people are in Franktown on a workday afternoon, 308% more than live here.
3.1 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.
Commuting in to Franktown: where workers come from
Where Franktown clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Franktown are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franktown, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 55. 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 Franktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Franktown
of Franktown workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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.
Franktown’s commute, mile by mile
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 Franktown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Franktown?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Franktown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Accomac (6%, 20 mi), Montross (6%, 67 mi), Exmore (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Franktown 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 Franktown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franktown
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.