Work & commute · Paden

Work & commute in Paden, WV

Most working residents leave Paden for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Martinsville (19%), Wheeling (7%) and Sistersville (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 858 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 823 Paden residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paden.

823live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paden goes to work

New Martinsville4.9 mi away

19%165

Wheeling35 mi away

7%57

Paden City (in town)right here

4%35

Sistersville4.5 mi away

4%33

Middlebourne7.6 mi away

3%25

Morgantown52.7 mi away

2%13

Moundsville24.3 mi away

1%12

Parkersburg40.1 mi away

1%11

Weirton59.2 mi away

1%10

Charleston94.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%487

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

How far

How far Paden commutes

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

40%

15%

19%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paden is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paden are

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

Jobs based in Paden

291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Paden residents hold

858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−10%

Jobs based in Paden, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 291. 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.