Most of Metompkin commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Metompkin for work; outside it, Accomac is the main destination (6%, 5 miles). Employers in Metompkin report 2 jobs, and 202 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Metompkin
Metompkin is a place people come home to
There are 2 jobs based in Metompkin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Metompkin has about 250 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 Metompkin 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 202 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Metompkin, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Metompkin on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Metompkin’s workers travel
About 42% 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 Metompkin
of Metompkin workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 284 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 Metompkin’s residents
Where Metompkin clocks in
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Metompkin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Metompkin’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 Metompkin: questions
What is the median household income in Metompkin?
$34,706 (±$18,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Metompkin?
11.9%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Metompkin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Accomac (6%, 5 mi), Chesapeake (4%, 84 mi), Virginia Beach (3%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Metompkin 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 Metompkin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Metompkin
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.