Photo: Carmen Shields from United States · CC BY 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Gwynn works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, where Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Gwynn report 52 jobs for 191 working residents. Only 2% stay in Gwynn for work; outside it, Mathews is the main destination (12%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gwynn quiets down on a workday
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Gwynn on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Gwynn: the destinations
Where Gwynn clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Gwynn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gwynn, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 52. 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 Gwynn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Gwynn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gwynn workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 commuters (the 14% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gwynn
About 16% 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 Gwynn: questions
What is the median household income in Gwynn?
$84,375 (±$39,019) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gwynn?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gwynn?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gwynn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mathews (12%, 4 mi), Newport News (12%, 32 mi), Hampton (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gwynn without a car?
12% 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 Gwynn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gwynn
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.