Work & commute · West Milford

Work & commute in West Milford, WV

Most working residents leave West Milford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (18%), Clarksburg (15%) and Weston (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 161 West Milford residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Milford.

161live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Milford goes to work

Bridgeport11 mi away

18%30

Clarksburg5.1 mi away

15%25

Weston11.9 mi away

2%4

Despard7.4 mi away

2%4

Nutter Fort5.6 mi away

2%3

Fairmont23.2 mi away

2%3

Morgantown38.6 mi away

2%3

Charleston88.8 mi away

2%3

West Milford (in town)right here

1%2

Lost Creek4.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%84

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

How far

How far West Milford commutes

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

39%

27%

15%

18%

39%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Milford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Milford are

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

Jobs based in West Milford

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs West Milford residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in West Milford, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 143. 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.