Work & commute · Lumberport

Work & commute in Lumberport, WV

Most working residents leave Lumberport for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (16%), Clarksburg (14%) and Fairmont (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 243 Lumberport residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumberport.

243live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumberport goes to work

Bridgeport7.5 mi away

16%40

Clarksburg7.3 mi away

14%34

Fairmont12.7 mi away

5%13

Morgantown28 mi away

4%9

Charleston99.1 mi away

2%6

Buckhannon27.2 mi away

2%5

Nutter Fort8 mi away

2%4

Shinnston2.8 mi away

2%4

Lumberport (in town)right here

1%3

Anmoore8.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%125

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

How far

How far Lumberport commutes

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

52%

11%

19%

17%

52%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumberport is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumberport are

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

Jobs based in Lumberport

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lumberport residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−84%

Jobs based in Lumberport, 2013 → 2023: 405 → 64. 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.