Work & commute · Jane Lew

Work & commute in Jane Lew, WV

Most working residents leave Jane Lew for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Weston (12%), Bridgeport (11%) and Buckhannon (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 147 Jane Lew residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jane Lew.

147live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jane Lew goes to work

Weston5.8 mi away

12%18

Bridgeport15.9 mi away

11%16

Buckhannon12.6 mi away

8%12

Clarksburg11.3 mi away

5%8

Morgantown43.9 mi away

4%6

Parkersburg61.7 mi away

3%4

Granville43 mi away

1%2

Westover42.5 mi away

1%2

Pleasant Valley27.4 mi away

1%2

Grafton26.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%76

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

How far

How far Jane Lew commutes

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

30%

36%

19%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jane Lew is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jane Lew are

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

Jobs based in Jane Lew

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Jane Lew residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−67%

Jobs based in Jane Lew, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 126. 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.