Photo: Matthew W. King · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Gloucester Courthouse (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Gloucester Courthouse for work; outside it, Newport News is the main destination (16%, 23 miles). Gloucester Courthouse grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working residents average 27 minutes each way, where Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gloucester Courthouse at work: what stands out
Gloucester Courthouse is where the jobs are
Gloucester Courthouse has 3,556 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,700 people are in town, 70% more than the 3,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Gloucester Courthouse’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gloucester Courthouse is Newport News, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (198) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The biggest group of Gloucester Courthouse’s workers comes from Newport News
312 of the people who work in Gloucester Courthouse live in Newport News, 23 miles away, more than from any other town. 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.
Why Gloucester Courthouse gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gloucester Courthouse is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #160 of 253 in Virginia. Unemployment holds Gloucester Courthouse’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gloucester Courthouse could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who leaves Gloucester Courthouse for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,056 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 3,406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Gloucester Courthouse on a workday afternoon, 70% more than live here.
2.9 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 Gloucester Courthouse works
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.
The towns that send workers to Gloucester Courthouse
Where Gloucester Courthouse clocks in
16% 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.
The kinds of work in Gloucester Courthouse
3,556 jobs are based in Gloucester Courthouse.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gloucester Courthouse, 2013 → 2023: 4,236 → 3,556. 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 Gloucester Courthouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Gloucester Courthouse
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gloucester Courthouse workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 983 commuters (the 17% 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.
Driving is how Gloucester Courthouse gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gloucester Courthouse is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #181 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Gloucester Courthouse near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,189 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). 3.1% of Gloucester Courthouse households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gloucester Courthouse’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500, Gloucester Courthouse comes 1,692nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Oak Grove VA | 2,408 | $174K | 0.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,690 | Hagar Township MI | 3,173 | $67K | 9.4% | 1.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,691 | Fort Ann NY | 4,247 | $86K | 5.2% | 3.4% | 9% | B |
| 1,692 | Gloucester Courthouse VA | 3,336 | $75K | 8.3% | 1.3% | 12% | B |
| 1,693 | New Richmond OH | 2,842 | $81K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,694 | North Township IN | 4,030 | $73K | 9.4% | 2.3% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Gloucester Courthouse, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Gloucester Courthouse: questions
What is the median household income in Gloucester Courthouse?
$75,341 (±$24,801) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gloucester Courthouse?
8.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gloucester Courthouse?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gloucester Courthouse work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport News (16%, 23 mi), Williamsburg (4%, 14 mi), Norfolk (3%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gloucester Courthouse walkable?
Gloucester Courthouse is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gloucester Courthouse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gloucester Courthouse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gloucester Courthouse
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.