Work & commute · Moundsville

Work & commute in Moundsville, WV

Most working residents leave Moundsville for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (21%), Glen Dale (5%) and Morgantown (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

570 of 3,134 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,564 Moundsville residents head out of town to work, 570 work right here, and 3,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moundsville.

2,564live here, work elsewhere

570live and work here

3,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moundsville goes to work

Wheeling10.9 mi away

21%647

Moundsville (in town)right here

18%570

Glen Dale1.8 mi away

5%144

Morgantown46.6 mi away

2%54

Weirton35.1 mi away

2%49

New Martinsville20.2 mi away

1%43

Benwood5.6 mi away

1%37

Bethlehem9.2 mi away

1%34

Charleston118.7 mi away

1%34

Pittsburgh, PA54 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,489

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

How far

How far Moundsville commutes

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

44%

24%

13%

19%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moundsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moundsville are

3,608 jobs are based in Moundsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moundsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moundsville

3,608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Moundsville residents hold

3,134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+8%

Jobs based in Moundsville, 2013 → 2023: 3,349 → 3,608. 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.