Work & commute · Grafton

Work & commute in Grafton, WV

Most working residents leave Grafton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (11%), Morgantown (8%) and Fairmont (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

254 of 1,679 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,425 Grafton residents head out of town to work, 254 work right here, and 1,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grafton.

1,425live here, work elsewhere

254live and work here

1,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grafton goes to work

Grafton (in town)right here

15%254

Bridgeport12.4 mi away

11%186

Morgantown20.8 mi away

8%132

Fairmont11.8 mi away

5%84

Clarksburg19.1 mi away

4%70

Westover20.3 mi away

2%29

Charleston110.7 mi away

2%29

Philippi13.5 mi away

1%25

White Hall10.7 mi away

1%19

Buckhannon26.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%836

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

How far

How far Grafton commutes

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

26%

52%

15%

26%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grafton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grafton are

1,794 jobs are based in Grafton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grafton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grafton

1,794 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Grafton residents hold

1,679 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Grafton, 2013 → 2023: 1,678 → 1,794. 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.