Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Nassawadox works elsewhere
There are 57 jobs in Nassawadox, against 189 working residents. Hardly any work in Nassawadox; the top destination outside it is Exmore (11%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers, 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
Who works in Nassawadox, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Nassawadox on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Nassawadox: the destinations
Where Nassawadox clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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 Nassawadox’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nassawadox, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 57. 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 Nassawadox’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the VA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nassawadox workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 3% 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.
Nassawadox’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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 Nassawadox: questions
What is the median household income in Nassawadox?
$51,932 (±$31,629) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nassawadox?
23.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nassawadox?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nassawadox work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Exmore (11%, 4 mi), Virginia Beach (7%, 49 mi), Norfolk (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nassawadox without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nassawadox, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nassawadox
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.