Work & commute · Arthurdale

Work & commute in Arthurdale, WV

Most working residents leave Arthurdale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Morgantown (18%), Kingwood (10%) and Reedsville (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 392 Arthurdale residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arthurdale.

392live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arthurdale goes to work

Morgantown12 mi away

18%73

Kingwood7.4 mi away

10%41

Reedsville1.4 mi away

4%15

Arthurdale (in town)right here

4%15

Bridgeport26.3 mi away

2%10

Westover13.3 mi away

2%9

Fairmont17.7 mi away

2%7

Charleston125.7 mi away

1%6

Brookhaven8.4 mi away

1%5

Terra Alta15 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%222

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Arthurdale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

40%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arthurdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arthurdale are

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

Jobs based in Arthurdale

310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Arthurdale residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−40%

Jobs based in Arthurdale, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 310. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.