Work & commute · West Liberty

Work & commute in West Liberty, WV

Most working residents leave West Liberty for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (26%), Weirton (2%) and Triadelphia (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 501 West Liberty residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Liberty.

501live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Liberty goes to work

Wheeling8 mi away

26%136

West Liberty (in town)right here

3%14

Weirton17.1 mi away

2%11

Triadelphia8.5 mi away

2%9

Pittsburgh, PA37.9 mi away

1%7

Morgantown50.1 mi away

1%7

Beckley168 mi away

1%6

Cecil, PA23.9 mi away

1%6

Washington, PA18.5 mi away

1%5

Bethany3.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%309

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

How far

How far West Liberty commutes

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

50%

17%

13%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Liberty is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Liberty are

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

Jobs based in West Liberty

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs West Liberty residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+208%

Jobs based in West Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 351. 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.