Work & commute · Ridgeley

Work & commute in Ridgeley, WV

Most working residents leave Ridgeley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (21%), Cresaptown (3%) and La Vale (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 293 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 280 Ridgeley residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeley.

280live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeley goes to work

Cumberland, MD1.1 mi away

21%62

Ridgeley (in town)right here

4%13

Cresaptown, MD4.7 mi away

3%10

La Vale, MD3.5 mi away

3%9

Frostburg, MD8.2 mi away

2%5

Wiley Ford1.9 mi away

2%5

Charleston177.6 mi away

1%4

Bier, MD7.9 mi away

1%4

Robinwood, MD59.1 mi away

1%4

Rockville, MD94.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%174

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

How far

How far Ridgeley commutes

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

55%

36%

55%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeley is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeley are

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

Jobs based in Ridgeley

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Ridgeley residents hold

293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Ridgeley, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 147. 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.