Work & commute · Shannondale

Work & commute in Shannondale, WV

Most working residents leave Shannondale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Leesburg (5%), Ranson corporation (5%) and Charles Town (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,505 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,475 Shannondale residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shannondale.

1,475live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shannondale goes to work

Leesburg, VA15.3 mi away

5%78

Ranson corporation7.5 mi away

5%71

Charles Town5.2 mi away

3%52

Frederick, MD26.4 mi away

3%43

Ashburn, VA22.4 mi away

3%39

Martinsburg19.2 mi away

2%32

Ballenger Creek, MD23.9 mi away

2%31

Shannondale (in town)right here

2%30

Chantilly, VA29.8 mi away

2%27

Reston, VA30.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%1,077

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

How far

How far Shannondale commutes

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

23%

29%

31%

17%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shannondale is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shannondale are

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

Jobs based in Shannondale

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Shannondale residents hold

1,505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−14%

Jobs based in Shannondale, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 88. 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.