Work & commute · White Hall

Work & commute in White Hall, WV

Most working residents leave White Hall for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (17%), Morgantown (13%) and Bridgeport (12%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 339 White Hall residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 1,853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Hall.

339live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

1,853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Hall goes to work

Fairmont4.3 mi away

17%60

Morgantown19.6 mi away

13%45

Bridgeport8.8 mi away

12%43

Pleasant Valley2.9 mi away

5%18

White Hall (in town)right here

5%16

Clarksburg14.1 mi away

4%15

Westover18 mi away

3%9

Despard11.6 mi away

1%5

Monongah3.1 mi away

1%4

Grafton10.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%137

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

How far

How far White Hall commutes

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

45%

37%

12%

45%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Hall is a job hub

5.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Hall are

1,869 jobs are based in White Hall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Hall

1,869 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs White Hall residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+65%

Jobs based in White Hall, 2013 → 2023: 1,135 → 1,869. 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.