Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Blacksville, WV
Hardly any work in Blacksville itself; outside it, Morgantown draws the most (29%, 15 miles). At home: 28% of workers have no commute at all (West Virginia 9%). Working residents average 12 minutes each way, next to 27 for West Virginia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Blacksville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Blacksville on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where Blacksville goes to work
Where Blacksville clocks in
29% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Blacksville’s 22 jobs
22 jobs are based in Blacksville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blacksville, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 22. 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 Blacksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 12 minutes in Blacksville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blacksville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 28% 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 Blacksville
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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 6% of Blacksville workers work outside West Virginia. The job records count 18% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Blacksville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Blacksville?
32.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blacksville?
12 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blacksville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morgantown (29%, 15 mi), Westover (9%, 13 mi), Franklin Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blacksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blacksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blacksville
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.