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Jobs & commute in Bergoo

Making a living in Bergoo

Below the poverty line: 70.0% of residents, next to 16.7% for West Virginia as a whole. Hardly any work in Bergoo itself; outside it, Addison (Webster Springs) draws the most (17%, 6 miles). Bergoo has 24 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Bergoo, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

24live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night20
Workday0
20live here− 24head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Bergoo on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Bergoo work

Blacksburg: 1 residents work here (4%)Womelsdorf (Coalton): 1 residents work here (4%)Addison (Webster Springs): 4 residents work here (17%)Sutton: 2 residents work here (8%)Summersville: 2 residents work here (8%)Fayetteville: 1 residents work here (4%)Bridgeport: 1 residents work here (4%)Charleston: 1 residents work here (4%)Genoa Township: 1 residents work here (4%)BergooCraigsville: 2 residents work here (8%)Addison (Webster Springs)SuttonSummersvilleCraigsvilleBlacksburgWomelsdorf (Coalton)Bergoo
2
Sutton25.8 mi away
8%2
3
Summersville32.4 mi away
8%2
4
Craigsville21.9 mi away
8%2
5
Blacksburg, VA86.8 mi away
4%1
64%1
7
Fayetteville52.7 mi away
4%1
8
Bridgeport56.7 mi away
4%1
9
Charleston72.8 mi away
4%1
10
Genoa Township, OH181.5 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%8
The top trips

Where Bergoo clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bergoo

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAddison (Webster Springs): 17% · 5.8 miSutton: 8% · 25.8 miSummersville: 8% · 32.4 miCraigsville: 8% · 21.9 miBlacksburg: 4% · 86.8 miWomelsdorf (Coalton): 4% · 33.9 miFayetteville: 4% · 52.7 miBridgeport: 4% · 56.7 miCharleston: 4% · 72.8 miGenoa Township: 4% · 181.5 miAddison (Webster Springs) 17%Sutton 8%Summersville 8%Craigsville 8%Blacksburg 4%Bergoo
BergooTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi5 residents
21%10–24 mi5 residents
29%25–50 mi7 residents
29%Over 50 mi7 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bergoo: questions

What is the poverty rate in Bergoo?

70.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bergoo work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Addison (Webster Springs) (17%, 6 mi), Sutton (8%, 26 mi), Summersville (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bergoo, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bergoo

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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.