French Creek Presbyterian Church · Photo: William Sauerwein · CC BY-SA 3.0Adrian has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Adrian; the top destination outside it is Buckhannon (20%, 6 miles). 4 jobs are based in Adrian for 61 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, next to 9% for West Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Adrian on a workday
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Adrian on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Adrian work
Where Adrian clocks in
20% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Adrian are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adrian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Adrian
of Adrian workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 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.
The distance from Adrian to work
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 2023.
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 2023, 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 Adrian: questions
What is the poverty rate in Adrian?
12.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Adrian work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buckhannon (20%, 6 mi), Charleston (10%, 83 mi), Philippi (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Adrian 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 Adrian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adrian
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.