Work & commute · Carpendale

Work & commute in Carpendale, WV

Most working residents leave Carpendale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (21%), La Vale (4%) and Ridgeley (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 433 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 430 Carpendale residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carpendale.

430live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carpendale goes to work

Cumberland, MD2.4 mi away

21%92

La Vale, MD3.6 mi away

4%18

Ridgeley1.3 mi away

4%17

Cresaptown, MD3.4 mi away

4%16

Wiley Ford1.7 mi away

2%10

Frostburg, MD7.5 mi away

1%6

Hagerstown, MD56.7 mi away

1%6

Keyser16.6 mi away

1%6

Morgantown61.6 mi away

1%6

Fort Ashby9.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%250

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

How far

How far Carpendale commutes

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

59%

30%

59%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carpendale is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carpendale are

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

Jobs based in Carpendale

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Carpendale residents hold

433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+800%

Jobs based in Carpendale, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 18. 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.