Work & commute · Rock Cave

Work & commute in Rock Cave, WV

Most working residents leave Rock Cave for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Buckhannon (19%), Bridgeport (7%) and Clarksburg (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 118 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 115 Rock Cave residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Cave.

115live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Cave goes to work

Buckhannon12.1 mi away

19%22

Bridgeport32.4 mi away

7%8

Clarksburg29.7 mi away

7%8

Weston15.3 mi away

3%4

Rock Cave (in town)right here

3%3

Sutton23.5 mi away

2%2

Elkins26.6 mi away

2%2

Beckley86.2 mi away

2%2

Cross Lanes82.3 mi away

2%2

Conroe, TX1040.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%64

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

How far

How far Rock Cave commutes

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

45%

25%

22%

8%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Cave is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Cave are

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

Jobs based in Rock Cave

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rock Cave residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+40%

Jobs based in Rock Cave, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 170. 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.