Work & commute · Clarksburg

Work & commute in Clarksburg, WV

About one in 5 of Clarksburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (18%), Fairmont (4%) and Morgantown (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,361 of 6,254 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,893 Clarksburg residents head out of town to work, 1,361 work right here, and 7,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarksburg.

4,893live here, work elsewhere

1,361live and work here

7,392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarksburg goes to work

Clarksburg (in town)right here

22%1,361

Bridgeport6.7 mi away

18%1,147

Fairmont18.2 mi away

4%271

Morgantown33.7 mi away

3%213

Nutter Fort2 mi away

2%115

Charleston93.5 mi away

2%106

Despard2.7 mi away

2%101

Westover32 mi away

1%57

White Hall14.1 mi away

1%54

Buckhannon20.5 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,775

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

How far

How far Clarksburg commutes

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

58%

14%

13%

16%

58%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarksburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarksburg are

8,753 jobs are based in Clarksburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarksburg

8,753 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Clarksburg residents hold

6,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−52%

Jobs based in Clarksburg, 2013 → 2023: 18,069 → 8,753. 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.