Willa Cather Birthplace · Photo: Cecouchman · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Gore works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Gore itself; outside it, Winchester draws the most (29%, 10 miles). Employers in Gore report 30 jobs for 118 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Gore for work, and who comes in
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Gore on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 Gore: the destinations
Where Gore clocks in
29% of workers
3% 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.
In Gore, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gore, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 30. 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 Gore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gore
of Gore workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 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.
Where in the region Gore works
About 32% 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 Gore: questions
What is the median household income in Gore?
$38,889 (±$19,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gore?
41.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gore work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (29%, 10 mi), Front Royal (3%, 25 mi), Chantilly (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gore 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 Gore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gore
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.