Work & commute · Middlebourne

Work & commute in Middlebourne, WV

Most working residents leave Middlebourne for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New Martinsville (7%), St. Marys (4%) and Bridgeport (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 190 Middlebourne residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlebourne.

190live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

315work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlebourne goes to work

Middlebourne (in town)right here

9%18

New Martinsville10.7 mi away

7%14

St. Marys17 mi away

4%8

Bridgeport38.1 mi away

3%7

Parkersburg37.4 mi away

3%6

Marietta, OH28.9 mi away

2%4

Jackson, OH8.7 mi away

2%4

Belmont20.4 mi away

1%3

South Charleston90.6 mi away

1%3

Valley View, OH135.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%139

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

How far

How far Middlebourne commutes

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

26%

27%

24%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlebourne is a job hub

1.60jobs 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 Middlebourne are

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

Jobs based in Middlebourne

333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Middlebourne residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+16%

Jobs based in Middlebourne, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 333. 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.