Photo: Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.3 jobs in Beverly for every working resident, and 497 people commute in
For 5% of workers, the job is at home; West Virginia has 9%. Beverly has 509 jobs; 225 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average; West Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Beverly, in brief
Beverly makes and builds things
82% of the jobs based in Beverly are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Beverly residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Beverly is where the jobs are
Beverly has 509 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 850 people are in town, 50% more than the 570 who live here. Day and night ↓
Beverly and Elkins trade workers both ways
Elkins is the top workplace for Beverly residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Beverly come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Factories, building and farms: 82% of the jobs in Beverly
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beverly, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 509. 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 Beverly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Beverly, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 213 residents head out to work and 12 work right here.
About 850 people are in Beverly on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.
2.3 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 Beverly, and from where
Where Beverly clocks in
31% 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.
About 20 minutes to work from Beverly
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beverly workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Beverly
About 21% 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.
Beverly and its neighbors: 31% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Elkins. Darker towns draw more of Beverly’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Beverly: questions
What is the median household income in Beverly?
$30,000 (±$19,183) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beverly?
39.4%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beverly?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beverly work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkins (31%, 6 mi), Mill Creek (2%, 10 mi), Belington (2%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beverly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beverly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beverly
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.