Work & commute · Idamay

Work & commute in Idamay, WV

Most working residents leave Idamay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (22%), Morgantown (9%) and Bridgeport (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 196 Idamay residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Idamay.

196live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Idamay goes to work

Fairmont5.7 mi away

22%44

Morgantown19.2 mi away

9%17

Bridgeport13.1 mi away

8%16

Monongah3 mi away

3%5

White Hall6.1 mi away

3%5

Elkins44.8 mi away

2%4

Clarksburg16.4 mi away

2%4

Mannington5.2 mi away

2%3

Carolina1.3 mi away

2%3

Granville17.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%95

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

How far

How far Idamay commutes

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

44%

32%

11%

13%

44%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Idamay is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Idamay are

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

Jobs based in Idamay

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Idamay residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+760%

Jobs based in Idamay, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 43. 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.