Work & commute · Gassaway

Work & commute in Gassaway, WV

Most working residents leave Gassaway for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sutton (7%), Charleston (4%) and Glenville (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 210 Gassaway residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gassaway.

210live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gassaway goes to work

Sutton3.1 mi away

7%16

Gassaway (in town)right here

5%12

Charleston51.5 mi away

4%8

Glenville19.2 mi away

2%5

Morgantown80.3 mi away

2%4

Kingwood80.6 mi away

1%3

Buckhannon36.9 mi away

1%3

Summersville26.5 mi away

1%3

Bridgeport52.3 mi away

1%3

Baltimore, MD227.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%163

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

How far

How far Gassaway commutes

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

40%

10%

15%

36%

40%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gassaway is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gassaway are

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

Jobs based in Gassaway

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Gassaway residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−34%

Jobs based in Gassaway, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 378. 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.