Photo: self · CC BY-SA 4.0Temperanceville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
16 jobs are based in Temperanceville for 166 working residents. Hardly any work in Temperanceville itself; outside it, Chincoteague draws the most (8%, 12 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Virginia 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Temperanceville
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Temperanceville on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Where Temperanceville goes to work
Where Temperanceville clocks in
8% 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 Temperanceville: what the 16 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Temperanceville, 2013 → 2023: 1,321 → 16. 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 Temperanceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Temperanceville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Temperanceville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 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 many miles Temperanceville commutes
About 47% 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.
The towns around Temperanceville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Temperanceville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperanceville | – | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Atlantic | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Atlantic: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Temperanceville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Temperanceville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Temperanceville?
29.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Temperanceville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Temperanceville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chincoteague (8%, 12 mi), Pocomoke City (5%, 11 mi), Accomac (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Temperanceville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Temperanceville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Temperanceville
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.