Photo: self · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Horntown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Virginia. 47 jobs are based in Horntown, and 352 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Horntown for work; outside it, Chincoteague is the main destination (6%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Horntown apart on work
Horntown is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Horntown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Horntown has about 160 people in it, 65% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% 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 ↓
Few Horntown workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 352 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Horntown by day
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Horntown on a workday afternoon, 65% 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.
How far Horntown goes to work
About 45% 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.
Working from home in Horntown
of Horntown workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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.
The towns that employ Horntown’s residents
Where Horntown clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Horntown: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Horntown, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 47. 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 Horntown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Horntown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Horntown?
48.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Horntown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chincoteague (6%, 6 mi), Accomac (5%, 21 mi), Pocomoke City (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Horntown 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 Horntown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Horntown
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.