Work & commute · Northfork

Work & commute in Northfork, WV

Most working residents leave Northfork for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Welch (10%), Princeton (7%) and Charleston (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 42 Northfork residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northfork.

42live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northfork goes to work

Welch9 mi away

10%4

Princeton18.5 mi away

7%3

Charleston65.2 mi away

7%3

Bluefield16.1 mi away

5%2

Timberville, VA167 mi away

2%1

Marion, VA40.5 mi away

2%1

Big Stone Gap, VA83.7 mi away

2%1

Richlands, VA31.1 mi away

2%1

Bluefield, VA15.3 mi away

2%1

Salem, VA75.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%24

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

How far

How far Northfork commutes

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

18%

41%

15%

26%

18%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northfork is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Northfork are

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

Jobs based in Northfork

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month63%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Northfork residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month33%

−67%

Jobs based in Northfork, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 16. 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.