Work & commute · Philippi

Work & commute in Philippi, WV

About one in 5 of Philippi’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (7%), Clarksburg (4%) and Belington (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

207 of 985 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 778 Philippi residents head out of town to work, 207 work right here, and 1,816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Philippi.

778live here, work elsewhere

207live and work here

1,816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Philippi goes to work

Philippi (in town)right here

21%207

Bridgeport14.9 mi away

7%68

Clarksburg18.7 mi away

4%41

Belington10.9 mi away

3%32

Morgantown34.3 mi away

3%29

Fairmont23.4 mi away

3%26

Elkins18.7 mi away

2%24

Buckhannon14.3 mi away

2%19

Grafton13.5 mi away

2%19

Charleston101.5 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%506

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

How far

How far Philippi commutes

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

30%

36%

12%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Philippi is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Philippi are

2,023 jobs are based in Philippi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Philippi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Philippi

2,023 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Philippi residents hold

985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+21%

Jobs based in Philippi, 2013 → 2023: 1,668 → 2,023. 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.