Work & commute · Granville

Work & commute in Granville, WV

Most working residents leave Granville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Morgantown (32%), Westover (8%) and Fairmont (5%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 416 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 399 Granville residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 2,258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granville.

399live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

2,258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granville goes to work

Morgantown2.8 mi away

32%133

Westover0.9 mi away

8%34

Fairmont14.2 mi away

5%19

Granville (in town)right here

4%17

Charleston125.4 mi away

2%8

Star City1.1 mi away

1%6

Clarksburg32.4 mi away

1%6

Bridgeport27.1 mi away

1%5

Cheat Lake8 mi away

1%5

Wheeling47.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%179

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

How far

How far Granville commutes

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

67%

10%

14%

67%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granville is a job hub

5.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granville are

2,275 jobs are based in Granville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Granville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Granville

2,275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Granville residents hold

416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+151%

Jobs based in Granville, 2013 → 2023: 906 → 2,275. 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.