Work & commute · Morgantown

Work & commute in Morgantown, WV

40% of Morgantown’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Westover (4%), Granville (2%) and Charleston (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

3,689 of 9,240 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 5,551 Morgantown residents head out of town to work, 3,689 work right here, and 28,178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morgantown.

5,551live here, work elsewhere

3,689live and work here

28,178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morgantown goes to work

Morgantown (in town)right here

40%3,689

Westover2.3 mi away

4%336

Granville2.8 mi away

2%222

Charleston127 mi away

2%214

Fairmont15.5 mi away

2%205

Bridgeport28 mi away

2%171

Cheat Lake5.6 mi away

2%152

Star City2.6 mi away

1%136

Clarksburg33.7 mi away

1%110

Wheeling49.8 mi away

1%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,932

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

How far

How far Morgantown commutes

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

66%

18%

66%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morgantown is a job hub

3.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morgantown are

31,867 jobs are based in Morgantown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morgantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morgantown

31,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Morgantown residents hold

9,240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+48%

Jobs based in Morgantown, 2013 → 2023: 21,563 → 31,867. 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.