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Work & commute in Nemacolin · A commuter town

100% of Nemacolin’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Nemacolin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (12%), Morgantown (8%) and Franklin (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 317 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
39 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
12
A commuter town
Work out of state
34%
mostly West Virginia

What kind of work town is Nemacolin?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Cumberland

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Waynesburg: 8 residents work here (3%)MasontownUniontownWashington: 9 residents work here (3%)Pittsburgh: 14 residents work here (4%)Morgantown: 24 residents work here (8%)Mount PleasantNorth Union: 9 residents work here (3%)GeorgesFranklin: 24 residents work here (8%)Cumberland: 37 residents work here (12%)JeffersonSouth Union: 7 residents work here (2%)DunkardRichhill: 6 residents work here (2%)Center: 6 residents work here (2%)DunbarGermanRoncoNemacolinCumberlandMorgantownFranklinPittsburghWashingtonNorth UnionNemacolin
1
Cumberland3.5 mi away
12%37
2
Morgantown, WV16.9 mi away
8%24
3
Franklin13.7 mi away
8%24
4
Pittsburgh38.6 mi away
4%14
5
Washington26.3 mi away
3%9
6
North Union13.3 mi away
3%9
7
Waynesburg13.7 mi away
3%8
8
South Union11 mi away
2%7
9
Richhill27.9 mi away
2%6
10
Center19.4 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%173
The top trips

Where Nemacolin clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

12% of Nemacolin works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Cumberland (12%). Darker towns draw more of Nemacolin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Time on the road

About 39 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
297 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Nemacolin39 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Nemacolin workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Nemacolin quiets down on a workday

On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.

317live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,300
Workday1,000
1,300live here− 320head out to work+ 12come in to work= 1,000on a workday

About 1,000 people are in Nemacolin on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.04 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.

How far

Half of Nemacolin commutes less than 17 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi45 miCumberland: 12% · 3.5 miMorgantown: 8% · 16.9 miFranklin: 8% · 13.7 miPittsburgh: 4% · 38.6 miWashington: 3% · 26.3 miNorth Union: 3% · 13.3 miWaynesburg: 3% · 13.7 miSouth Union: 2% · 11 miRichhill: 2% · 27.9 miCenter: 2% · 19.4 miCumberland 12%Morgantown 8%Franklin 8%Pittsburgh 4%Washington 3%Nemacolin
NemacolinTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi67 residents
34%10–24 mi106 residents
32%25–50 mi98 residents
12%Over 50 mi37 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

12 jobs are based in Nemacolin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nemacolin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in NemacolinJobs Nemacolin residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less42%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%26%
Over $3,333 a month8%60%

Who does it

29 or younger17%21%
30 to 5450%55%
55 and older33%24%
+20%

Jobs based in Nemacolin, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 12. 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.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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