Work & commute · Carolina

Work & commute in Carolina, WV

Most working residents leave Carolina for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (27%), Morgantown (8%) and Bridgeport (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 Carolina residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carolina.

110live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carolina goes to work

Fairmont6.6 mi away

27%30

Morgantown20.5 mi away

8%9

Bridgeport12.3 mi away

6%7

Monongah3.1 mi away

5%5

Pleasant Valley6.5 mi away

4%4

White Hall6.1 mi away

3%3

Wheeling46.8 mi away

3%3

Washington, DC178.8 mi away

1%1

Carl, GA426.1 mi away

1%1

Farmington2.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%46

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

How far

How far Carolina commutes

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

49%

28%

11%

12%

49%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carolina is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carolina are

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

Jobs based in Carolina

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Carolina residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−22%

Jobs based in Carolina, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 40. 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.