Work & commute · Charles

Work & commute in Charles, WV

Most working residents leave Charles for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ranson corporation (7%), Martinsburg (4%) and Leesburg (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

238 of 2,993 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,755 Charles residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 2,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charles.

2,755live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

2,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charles goes to work

Charles Town (in town)right here

8%238

Ranson corporation3 mi away

7%221

Martinsburg14.4 mi away

4%126

Leesburg, VA20.3 mi away

3%95

Winchester, VA17 mi away

2%58

Purcellville, VA12.7 mi away

2%54

Chantilly, VA35 mi away

2%48

Ashburn, VA27.6 mi away

2%47

Frederick, MD27.8 mi away

1%44

Tysons, VA42.3 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%2,022

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

How far

How far Charles commutes

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

33%

24%

26%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charles is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charles are

2,868 jobs are based in Charles. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charles’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charles

2,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Charles residents hold

2,993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−2%

Jobs based in Charles, 2013 → 2023: 2,932 → 2,868. 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.