Work & commute · Wardensville

Work & commute in Wardensville, WV

Most working residents leave Wardensville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Moorefield (8%), Winchester (6%) and Charleston (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 122 Wardensville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wardensville.

122live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wardensville goes to work

Moorefield20 mi away

8%10

Winchester, VA23.1 mi away

6%8

Wardensville (in town)right here

3%4

Charleston171.6 mi away

3%4

Harrisonburg, VA46.9 mi away

2%3

Morgantown82.1 mi away

2%2

Columbia Furnace, VA14.1 mi away

2%2

Chantilly, VA63 mi away

2%2

Arlington, VA81.2 mi away

2%2

Washington, DC85.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%88

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

How far

How far Wardensville commutes

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

17%

31%

12%

40%

17%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wardensville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wardensville are

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

Jobs based in Wardensville

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Wardensville residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−72%

Jobs based in Wardensville, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 106. 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.