Work & commute · Keyser

Work & commute in Keyser, WV

Most working residents leave Keyser for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (4%), Moorefield (3%) and Bier (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

208 of 1,840 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,632 Keyser residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 1,600 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keyser.

1,632live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

1,600work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keyser goes to work

Keyser (in town)right here

11%208

Cumberland, MD18.9 mi away

4%74

Moorefield25.8 mi away

3%48

Bier, MD9.9 mi away

2%35

Martinsburg53.6 mi away

2%28

Petersburg31.6 mi away

1%24

La Vale, MD18.1 mi away

1%24

Charleston161.2 mi away

1%23

Morgantown53.2 mi away

1%21

Frostburg, MD14.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%1,337

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

How far

How far Keyser commutes

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

38%

22%

32%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keyser is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Keyser are

1,808 jobs are based in Keyser. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keyser’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keyser

1,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Keyser residents hold

1,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−35%

Jobs based in Keyser, 2013 → 2023: 2,773 → 1,808. 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.