Carolina has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Home is the office for 14% of workers, against 9% across West Virginia. There are 40 jobs in Carolina, against 110 working residents. Hardly any work in Carolina itself; outside it, Fairmont draws the most (27%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Carolina: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Carolina on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 people from Carolina work
Where Carolina clocks in
27% of workers
8% 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.
Carolina is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carolina, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 40. 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 Carolina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Carolina
of Carolina workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 14% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Carolina
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 Carolina: questions
What is the poverty rate in Carolina?
53.3%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Carolina work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairmont (27%, 7 mi), Morgantown (8%, 20 mi), Bridgeport (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carolina without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carolina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carolina
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.