Work & commute · Moorefield

Work & commute in Moorefield, WV

42% of Moorefield’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Petersburg (5%), Washington (1%) and Harrisonburg (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

535 of 1,283 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 748 Moorefield residents head out of town to work, 535 work right here, and 2,600 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moorefield.

748live here, work elsewhere

535live and work here

2,600work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moorefield goes to work

Moorefield (in town)right here

42%535

Petersburg10.1 mi away

5%62

Washington, DC105.1 mi away

1%19

Harrisonburg, VA43.8 mi away

1%13

Charleston152.3 mi away

1%11

Martinsburg59.2 mi away

1%10

Romney22.1 mi away

1%9

Winchester, VA42.8 mi away

1%8

Morgantown65.7 mi away

1%8

Keyser25.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%601

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

How far

How far Moorefield commutes

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

62%

26%

62%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moorefield is a job hub

2.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moorefield are

3,135 jobs are based in Moorefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moorefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moorefield

3,135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Moorefield residents hold

1,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−23%

Jobs based in Moorefield, 2013 → 2023: 4,062 → 3,135. 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.