Work & commute · Westover

Work & commute in Westover, WV

Most working residents leave Westover for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Morgantown (34%), Granville (4%) and Fairmont (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

118 of 1,636 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,518 Westover residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 4,265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westover.

1,518live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

4,265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westover goes to work

Morgantown2.3 mi away

34%560

Westover (in town)right here

7%118

Granville0.9 mi away

4%65

Fairmont13.8 mi away

3%53

Clarksburg32 mi away

2%28

Bridgeport26.6 mi away

2%25

Brookhaven6 mi away

1%22

Cheat Lake7.8 mi away

1%18

Charleston125.2 mi away

1%16

Star City1.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%716

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

How far

How far Westover commutes

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

69%

10%

12%

69%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westover is a job hub

2.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westover are

4,383 jobs are based in Westover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westover

4,383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Westover residents hold

1,636 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+59%

Jobs based in Westover, 2013 → 2023: 2,765 → 4,383. 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.