Photo: self · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Modest Town
0% of workers have no commute at all; Virginia has 18%. Hardly any work in Modest Town itself; outside it, Accomac draws the most (5%, 9 miles). Modest Town has 56 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Modest Town for work, and who comes in
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Modest Town on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Modest Town goes to work
Where Modest Town clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Working from home in Modest Town
of Modest Town workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 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.
How far Modest Town goes to work
About 40% 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 Modest Town: questions
What is the median household income in Modest Town?
$103,409 (±$91,863) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Modest Town?
5.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Modest Town work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Accomac (5%, 9 mi), Chincoteague (5%, 15 mi), Washington (4%, 109 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Modest Town 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 Modest Town, from the people who make the trip.
More of Modest Town
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.