Work & commute · Green Bank

Work & commute in Green Bank, WV

Most working residents leave Green Bank for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marlinton (9%), Morgantown (4%) and Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 52 Green Bank residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Bank.

52live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Bank goes to work

Marlinton19.6 mi away

9%5

Morgantown83.9 mi away

4%2

Charleston97.5 mi away

4%2

Cary, NC191 mi away

2%1

Glasgow, VA58.6 mi away

2%1

Pearisburg, VA90.1 mi away

2%1

Roanoke, VA79.6 mi away

2%1

Sutton50.3 mi away

2%1

White Hall71.3 mi away

2%1

Ansted71.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%37

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

How far

How far Green Bank commutes

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

25%

30%

42%

25%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Bank is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Bank are

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

Jobs based in Green Bank

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Green Bank residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+711%

Jobs based in Green Bank, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 73. 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.