Wharton Place · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Mappsville works elsewhere
32 jobs are based in Mappsville; 87 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Mappsville for work; outside it, Accomac is the main destination (7%, 10 miles). 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
How a workday changes Mappsville
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Mappsville on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Mappsville: the destinations
Where Mappsville clocks in
7% 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.
What Mappsville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mappsville, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 32. 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 Mappsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mappsville
of Mappsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 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 distance from Mappsville to work
About 51% 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 Mappsville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mappsville?
61.8%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mappsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Accomac (7%, 10 mi), Newport News (5%, 74 mi), Virginia Beach (5%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mappsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 40% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mappsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mappsville
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.