Work & commute · Junior

Work & commute in Junior, WV

Most working residents leave Junior for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Belington (15%), Elkins (11%) and Philippi (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 131 Junior residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Junior.

131live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Junior goes to work

Belington2.9 mi away

15%20

Elkins6.4 mi away

11%14

Philippi13 mi away

8%11

Beverly10 mi away

5%6

Bridgeport27.5 mi away

5%6

Buckhannon14.7 mi away

2%3

Fairmont36.2 mi away

2%3

Charleston100.3 mi away

2%3

West Union49.4 mi away

2%2

Westover45.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%62

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

How far

How far Junior commutes

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

37%

23%

20%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Junior is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Junior are

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

Jobs based in Junior

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Junior residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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.