Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Work and commuting in Martinsburg
A typical one-way commute lasts 14 minutes (Missouri 24, U.S. 26). Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Hardly any work in Martinsburg itself; outside it, Mexico draws the most (35%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Martinsburg
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Martinsburg on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Martinsburg to work: where people go
Where Martinsburg clocks in
35% of workers
11% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
30% of the jobs in Martinsburg make or build things
67 jobs are based in Martinsburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Martinsburg, 2014 → 2024: 113 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martinsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 14 minutes each way for Martinsburg’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Martinsburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 218 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Martinsburg
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Martinsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Martinsburg?
$34,503 (±$13,535) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Martinsburg?
13.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Martinsburg?
14 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Martinsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mexico (35%, 13 mi), Columbia (11%, 38 mi), Jonesburg (3%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Martinsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Martinsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Martinsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.