Work & commute · Romney

Work & commute in Romney, WV

Most working residents leave Romney for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Moorefield (7%), Winchester (6%) and Keyser (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

105 of 743 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 638 Romney residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 1,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Romney.

638live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

1,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Romney goes to work

Romney (in town)right here

14%105

Moorefield22.1 mi away

7%49

Winchester, VA33.2 mi away

6%44

Keyser13.7 mi away

2%17

Cumberland, MD21.2 mi away

1%10

Petersburg31.3 mi away

1%10

Charleston169.4 mi away

1%8

Frostburg, MD23 mi away

1%7

Leesburg, VA66.1 mi away

1%6

Martinsburg42.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%481

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

How far

How far Romney commutes

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

32%

24%

17%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Romney is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Romney are

1,360 jobs are based in Romney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Romney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Romney

1,360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Romney residents hold

743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−28%

Jobs based in Romney, 2013 → 2023: 1,885 → 1,360. 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.