Photo: G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 4.0There are 1.8 jobs in Bath (Berkeley Springs) for every working resident, and 652 people commute in
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. Bath (Berkeley Springs) has 690 jobs; 377 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Bath (Berkeley Springs) itself; outside it, Martinsburg draws the most (5%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Bath (Berkeley Springs)
Who leaves Bath (Berkeley Springs) for work, and who comes in
On a workday 339 residents head out to work and 38 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Bath (Berkeley Springs) on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Bath (Berkeley Springs), and from where
Where Bath (Berkeley Springs) clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
The kinds of work in Bath (Berkeley Springs)
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bath (Berkeley Springs), 2013 → 2023: 653 → 690. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bath (Berkeley Springs)’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Bath (Berkeley Springs) takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bath (Berkeley Springs) workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 341 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Bath (Berkeley Springs), by distance
About 29% 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 Bath (Berkeley Springs): questions
What is the median household income in Bath (Berkeley Springs)?
$39,219 (±$20,741) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bath (Berkeley Springs)?
20.4%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bath (Berkeley Springs)?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bath (Berkeley Springs) work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsburg (5%, 18 mi), Hagerstown (4%, 27 mi), Winchester (2%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bath (Berkeley Springs) without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bath (Berkeley Springs), from the people who make the trip.
More of Bath (Berkeley Springs)
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.