Work & commute · Belington

Work & commute in Belington, WV

Most working residents leave Belington for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Philippi (10%), Elkins (10%) and Buckhannon (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

90 of 627 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 537 Belington residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belington.

537live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belington goes to work

Belington (in town)right here

14%90

Philippi10.9 mi away

10%65

Elkins7.8 mi away

10%61

Buckhannon15.5 mi away

4%23

Bridgeport25.7 mi away

3%19

Beverly12.4 mi away

2%15

Clarksburg28.6 mi away

2%11

Charleston102.2 mi away

2%10

Morgantown43 mi away

1%7

Summersville69.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%320

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

How far

How far Belington commutes

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

41%

23%

15%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belington are

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

Jobs based in Belington

705 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Belington residents hold

627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+3%

Jobs based in Belington, 2013 → 2023: 684 → 705. 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.