Photo: Rlevse · CC BY-SA 2.0Wachapreague has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Employers in Wachapreague report 61 jobs, and 124 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Wachapreague for work; outside it, Exmore is the main destination (9%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Wachapreague
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Wachapreague on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Wachapreague goes to work
Where Wachapreague clocks in
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Wachapreague
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wachapreague, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 61. 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 Wachapreague’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wachapreague workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 8% 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.
Wachapreague’s commute, mile by mile
About 46% 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 Wachapreague: questions
What is the median household income in Wachapreague?
$65,179 (±$18,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wachapreague?
6.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wachapreague?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wachapreague work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Exmore (9%, 9 mi), Virginia Beach (5%, 60 mi), Accomac (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wachapreague without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wachapreague, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wachapreague
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.