Work & commute · Paw Paw

Work & commute in Paw Paw, WV

Most working residents leave Paw Paw for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Winchester (6%), Frederick (4%) and Bath (Berkeley Springs) (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 147 Paw Paw residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paw Paw.

147live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paw Paw goes to work

Winchester, VA28.8 mi away

6%9

Frederick, MD56 mi away

4%6

Bath (Berkeley Springs)13.7 mi away

4%6

Harrisonburg, VA78.9 mi away

3%4

Paw Paw (in town)right here

3%4

Vienna, VA77.6 mi away

2%3

Front Royal, VA44.4 mi away

2%3

Washington, DC88.4 mi away

1%2

Hagerstown, MD39.7 mi away

1%2

Huntington227.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%110

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

How far

How far Paw Paw commutes

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

25%

22%

47%

6%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paw Paw is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paw Paw are

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

Jobs based in Paw Paw

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Paw Paw residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+25%

Jobs based in Paw Paw, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 50. 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.