Work & commute · Elkins

Work & commute in Elkins, WV

About one in 3 of Elkins’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Buckhannon (2%), Charleston (2%) and Morgantown (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

998 of 2,768 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 1,770 Elkins residents head out of town to work, 998 work right here, and 3,920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkins.

1,770live here, work elsewhere

998live and work here

3,920work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkins goes to work

Elkins (in town)right here

36%998

Buckhannon20.7 mi away

2%65

Charleston103.9 mi away

2%60

Morgantown49.6 mi away

2%56

Beverly5.6 mi away

2%52

Bridgeport33.5 mi away

1%40

Clarksburg36.3 mi away

1%34

Fairmont41.4 mi away

1%28

Philippi18.7 mi away

1%23

Beckley106.5 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,391

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

How far

How far Elkins commutes

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

56%

14%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkins is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkins are

4,918 jobs are based in Elkins. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elkins

4,918 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Elkins residents hold

2,768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−16%

Jobs based in Elkins, 2013 → 2023: 5,889 → 4,918. 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.