Work & commute · Parsons

Work & commute in Parsons, WV

About one in 4 of Parsons’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elkins (8%), Thomas (4%) and Morgantown (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

134 of 563 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 Parsons residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parsons.

429live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parsons goes to work

Parsons (in town)right here

24%134

Elkins14.9 mi away

8%47

Thomas10.9 mi away

4%24

Morgantown40.3 mi away

2%13

Charleston117.1 mi away

2%13

Fairmont36.6 mi away

2%11

Clarksburg38.5 mi away

2%10

Bridgeport33.5 mi away

2%9

Beverly20 mi away

1%8

Buckhannon30.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%287

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

How far

How far Parsons commutes

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

36%

27%

22%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parsons is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parsons are

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

Jobs based in Parsons

672 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Parsons residents hold

563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−8%

Jobs based in Parsons, 2013 → 2023: 733 → 672. 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.