Work & commute · New Cumberland

Work & commute in New Cumberland, WV

Most working residents leave New Cumberland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Weirton (17%), Pittsburgh (4%) and Chester (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 390 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 366 New Cumberland residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Cumberland.

366live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Cumberland goes to work

Weirton8.5 mi away

17%65

New Cumberland (in town)right here

6%24

Pittsburgh, PA34.2 mi away

4%16

Chester6.6 mi away

3%12

Findlay, PA18 mi away

3%10

East Liverpool, OH7.8 mi away

2%8

Charleston160 mi away

2%8

Hanover, PA10.7 mi away

2%8

Wheeling31.5 mi away

2%7

Robinson, PA25.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%225

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

How far

How far New Cumberland commutes

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

44%

18%

19%

44%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Cumberland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Cumberland are

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

Jobs based in New Cumberland

575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs New Cumberland residents hold

390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+23%

Jobs based in New Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 575. 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.