Work & commute · Brandonville

Work & commute in Brandonville, WV

Most working residents leave Brandonville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Morgantown (21%), Bruceton Mills (4%) and White Hall (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Brandonville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandonville.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandonville goes to work

Morgantown17.1 mi away

21%17

Bruceton Mills0.9 mi away

4%3

White Hall34.2 mi away

3%2

Kingwood13.8 mi away

3%2

Bluefield186.9 mi away

3%2

Parkersburg106 mi away

3%2

Clarksburg47.8 mi away

3%2

Wharton, PA7.9 mi away

3%2

Cheat Lake11.7 mi away

3%2

Oakland, MD21 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%45

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

How far

How far Brandonville commutes

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

15%

59%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandonville is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brandonville are

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

Jobs based in Brandonville

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Brandonville residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−66%

Jobs based in Brandonville, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 12. 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.