Work & commute · Shepherdstown

Work & commute in Shepherdstown, WV

Most working residents leave Shepherdstown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Martinsburg (5%), Ranson corporation (4%) and Charles Town (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 546 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 516 Shepherdstown residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 1,257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shepherdstown.

516live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

1,257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shepherdstown goes to work

Shepherdstown (in town)right here

5%30

Martinsburg9.4 mi away

5%27

Ranson corporation9.6 mi away

4%20

Charles Town12.3 mi away

3%16

Frederick, MD21 mi away

3%15

Leesburg, VA26 mi away

2%13

Shenandoah Junction6 mi away

2%13

Hagerstown, MD14.9 mi away

2%10

Winchester, VA26.7 mi away

1%8

Charleston219 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%387

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

How far

How far Shepherdstown commutes

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

41%

17%

19%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shepherdstown is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shepherdstown are

1,287 jobs are based in Shepherdstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shepherdstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shepherdstown

1,287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Shepherdstown residents hold

546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+15%

Jobs based in Shepherdstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,118 → 1,287. 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.