Work & commute · Glen Dale

Work & commute in Glen Dale, WV

Most working residents leave Glen Dale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (19%), Moundsville (14%) and Morgantown (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 661 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 621 Glen Dale residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 1,185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Dale.

621live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

1,185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Dale goes to work

Wheeling9.5 mi away

19%126

Moundsville1.8 mi away

14%93

Glen Dale (in town)right here

6%40

Morgantown47.9 mi away

2%12

Pittsburgh, PA53.4 mi away

2%11

Weirton33.7 mi away

2%10

Richland, OH11.6 mi away

1%9

Martins Ferry, OH11 mi away

1%7

New Martinsville21.6 mi away

1%7

Charleston120 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%340

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

How far

How far Glen Dale commutes

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

48%

18%

15%

19%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Dale is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Dale are

1,225 jobs are based in Glen Dale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Dale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glen Dale

1,225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Glen Dale residents hold

661 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+6%

Jobs based in Glen Dale, 2013 → 2023: 1,160 → 1,225. 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.