Work & commute · Lost Creek

Work & commute in Lost Creek, WV

Most working residents leave Lost Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (21%), Clarksburg (11%) and Fairmont (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 133 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 129 Lost Creek residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lost Creek.

129live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lost Creek goes to work

Bridgeport11.2 mi away

21%28

Clarksburg7.5 mi away

11%15

Lost Creek (in town)right here

3%4

Fairmont24.2 mi away

3%4

Morgantown39.2 mi away

3%4

West Milford4.1 mi away

2%3

Weston10.5 mi away

2%3

Charleston89.2 mi away

2%3

White Hall19.9 mi away

2%2

St. Marys48.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%65

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

How far

How far Lost Creek commutes

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

34%

38%

13%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lost Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lost Creek are

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

Jobs based in Lost Creek

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Lost Creek residents hold

133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+221%

Jobs based in Lost Creek, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 106. 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.