Work & commute · Terra Alta

Work & commute in Terra Alta, WV

Most working residents leave Terra Alta for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (11%), Kingwood (5%) and Morgantown (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 492 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 473 Terra Alta residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terra Alta.

473live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terra Alta goes to work

Oakland, MD7.8 mi away

11%54

Kingwood7.6 mi away

5%25

Morgantown25.3 mi away

5%24

Terra Alta (in town)right here

4%19

Mountain Lake Park, MD9.2 mi away

2%10

Fairmont32.4 mi away

2%10

Bridgeport38.6 mi away

2%9

Westover27.1 mi away

2%8

Grafton26.2 mi away

2%8

Cheat Lake22.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%318

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

How far

How far Terra Alta commutes

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

41%

14%

26%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terra Alta is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Terra Alta are

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

Jobs based in Terra Alta

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Terra Alta residents hold

492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−52%

Jobs based in Terra Alta, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 186. 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.