Work & commute · Fairmont

Work & commute in Fairmont, WV

About one in 5 of Fairmont’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Morgantown (13%), Bridgeport (7%) and Clarksburg (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,648 of 7,444 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,796 Fairmont residents head out of town to work, 1,648 work right here, and 7,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairmont.

5,796live here, work elsewhere

1,648live and work here

7,830work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairmont goes to work

Fairmont (in town)right here

22%1,648

Morgantown15.5 mi away

13%951

Bridgeport13 mi away

7%539

Clarksburg18.2 mi away

4%269

Pleasant Valley1.5 mi away

3%224

White Hall4.3 mi away

2%180

Westover13.8 mi away

2%133

Charleston111.5 mi away

2%123

Granville14.2 mi away

1%76

Grafton11.8 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%3,241

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

How far

How far Fairmont commutes

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

37%

41%

15%

37%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairmont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairmont are

9,478 jobs are based in Fairmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairmont

9,478 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fairmont residents hold

7,444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Fairmont, 2013 → 2023: 9,620 → 9,478. 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.