Work & commute · Elk Garden

Work & commute in Elk Garden, WV

Most working residents leave Elk Garden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (4%), Mountain Lake Park (3%) and Keyser (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

53 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 99 Elk Garden residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Garden.

99live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Garden goes to work

Cumberland, MD28 mi away

4%4

Mountain Lake Park, MD12.1 mi away

3%3

Keyser10 mi away

3%3

Moorefield24.4 mi away

3%3

Martinsburg63 mi away

3%3

Grantsville, MD21.5 mi away

2%2

Oakland, MD13.3 mi away

2%2

Piedmont8.6 mi away

2%2

Romney21.5 mi away

2%2

Petersburg27 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

74%73

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

How far

How far Elk Garden commutes

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

15%

41%

16%

28%

15%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Garden is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Garden are

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

Jobs based in Elk Garden

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Elk Garden residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−99%

Jobs based in Elk Garden, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 1. 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.