Work & commute · Mill Creek

Work & commute in Mill Creek, WV

Most working residents leave Mill Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elkins (14%), Beverly (6%) and Belington (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Mill Creek residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mill Creek.

166live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mill Creek goes to work

Elkins14.7 mi away

14%24

Beverly9.5 mi away

6%10

Mill Creek (in town)right here

6%10

Belington19.6 mi away

2%3

Parkersburg91.9 mi away

2%3

Charleston93.5 mi away

2%3

Huttonsville1.3 mi away

1%2

Marlinton35.6 mi away

1%2

Philippi29 mi away

1%2

Buckhannon22.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%115

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

How far

How far Mill Creek commutes

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

18%

44%

12%

26%

18%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mill Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mill Creek are

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

Jobs based in Mill Creek

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Mill Creek residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+21%

Jobs based in Mill Creek, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 204. 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.