Work & commute · Falling Waters

Work & commute in Falling Waters, WV

Most working residents leave Falling Waters for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Martinsburg (10%), Hagerstown (5%) and Frederick (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 639 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 638 Falling Waters residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falling Waters.

638live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falling Waters goes to work

Martinsburg8.8 mi away

10%61

Hagerstown, MD10.1 mi away

5%34

Frederick, MD26.8 mi away

3%21

Winchester, VA31 mi away

3%21

Robinwood, MD12.7 mi away

2%14

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD12.5 mi away

2%13

Rockville, MD51.3 mi away

2%11

Leesburg, VA36.1 mi away

1%8

Vienna, VA57 mi away

1%7

Ballenger Creek, MD27.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%442

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

How far

How far Falling Waters commutes

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

36%

25%

17%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falling Waters is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falling Waters are

115 jobs are based in Falling Waters. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falling Waters’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Falling Waters

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Falling Waters residents hold

639 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+195%

Jobs based in Falling Waters, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 115. 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.