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Work & commute · Kingwood

Work & commute in Kingwood, WV

Most working residents leave Kingwood for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Morgantown (13%), Arthurdale (2%) and Westover (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
180 of 1,070 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 890 Kingwood residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingwood.

890live here, work elsewhere
180live and work here
1,482work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Kingwood goes to work

ReedsvilleRowlesburgTerra AltaGranvilleKingwoodWestoverGraftonFairmontMorgantownBridgeportClarksburgArthurdaleBrookhavenCheat LakeMorgantownArthurdaleWestoverFairmontBridgeportReedsvilleGranvilleBrookhavenGraftonKingwood
1
Kingwood (in town)right here
17%180
2
Morgantown18.2 mi away
13%140
3
Arthurdale7.4 mi away
2%22
4
Westover19.8 mi away
2%19
5
Fairmont24.9 mi away
2%19
6
Bridgeport32.1 mi away
2%19
7
Reedsville6.8 mi away
2%18
8
Granville20.7 mi away
1%15
9
Brookhaven14.2 mi away
1%14
10
Grafton20 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%611

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

How far

How far Kingwood commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Kingwood is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingwood are

1,662 jobs are based in Kingwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingwood

1,662 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Kingwood residents hold

1,070 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−28%

Jobs based in Kingwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,302 → 1,662. 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.

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