Most of Berwind commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
1 jobs are based in Berwind, and 31 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Berwind; the top destination outside it is Oak Hill (6%, 56 miles). The poverty rate is 56.7%, where West Virginia as a whole has 16.7%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Berwind quiets down on a workday
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Berwind on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Berwind’s working residents head each day
Where Berwind clocks in
6% 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.
In Berwind, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berwind, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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 Berwind’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Berwind works
About 45% 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 Berwind: questions
What is the poverty rate in Berwind?
56.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Berwind work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oak Hill (6%, 56 mi), Eden (3%, 118 mi), Dublin (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berwind, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berwind
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.