Work & commute · Buckhannon

Work & commute in Buckhannon, WV

About one in 4 of Buckhannon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (4%), Clarksburg (4%) and Elkins (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

484 of 1,858 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,374 Buckhannon residents head out of town to work, 484 work right here, and 3,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckhannon.

1,374live here, work elsewhere

484live and work here

3,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckhannon goes to work

Buckhannon (in town)right here

26%484

Bridgeport21.5 mi away

4%78

Clarksburg20.5 mi away

4%68

Elkins20.7 mi away

3%58

Morgantown47 mi away

3%50

Fairmont33.7 mi away

2%39

Charleston87.8 mi away

2%36

Weston13 mi away

2%30

Parkersburg72.9 mi away

1%19

Grafton26.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%979

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

How far

How far Buckhannon commutes

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

40%

24%

15%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckhannon is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckhannon are

4,034 jobs are based in Buckhannon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckhannon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buckhannon

4,034 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Buckhannon residents hold

1,858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2%

Jobs based in Buckhannon, 2013 → 2023: 3,953 → 4,034. 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.