With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Cassville works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Cassville for work; outside it, Morgantown is the main destination (37%, 7 miles). 128 jobs are based in Cassville, against 603 working residents. Cassville grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cassville and work: the main findings
37% of Cassville works in Morgantown
225 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Morgantown, 6.8 miles away. That’s far more as work in Cassville itself. The commute map ↓
Cassville is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Cassville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cassville has about 670 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Cassville residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 603 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Cassville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Cassville is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Cassville’s grade up ($90,478, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Cassville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cassville could be anywhere from C− to A.
The places Cassville commutes to
Where Cassville clocks in
37% of workers
5% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Cassville
On a workday 601 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Cassville on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Cassville to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Goods jobs make up 41% of work in Cassville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cassville, 2014 → 2024: 119 → 128. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cassville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of West Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cassville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 587 commuters (the 8% 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.
For most of Cassville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cassville is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cassville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 640 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.9% of Cassville households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cassville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Cassville is 1,566th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 555 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 709 | Barrackville WV | 1,196 | $79K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 837 | Coal Fork WV | 1,423 | $70K | 2.3% | 29.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,564 | West Alexandria OH | 1,311 | $60K | 8.5% | 1.1% | 6% | B− |
| 1,565 | Continental OH | 1,103 | $75K | 7.2% | 4.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,566 | Cassville WV | 1,149 | $90K | 15.1% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 1,567 | Gardner IL | 1,366 | $88K | 16.1% | 13.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,568 | Johnson City KS | 1,402 | $71K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 31% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cassville, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Cassville: questions
What is the median household income in Cassville?
$90,478 (±$16,773) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cassville?
15.1%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cassville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cassville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morgantown (37%, 7 mi), Westover (5%, 5 mi), Granville (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cassville walkable?
Cassville is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cassville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cassville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cassville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.