Most of East View commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers work from home (West Virginia 9%). East View has 110 jobs, and 276 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in East View for work; outside it, Clarksburg is the main destination (21%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets East View apart on work
East View and Clarksburg trade workers both ways
Clarksburg is the top workplace for East View residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in East View come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most East View residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from East View are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical West Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
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 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where East View’s working residents head each day
Where East View clocks in
21% of workers
18% of workers
5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from East View
About 15% 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.
Each way, about 15 minutes from East View
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East View workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 291 commuters (the 0% 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.
Who leaves East View for work, and who comes in
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in East View 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.
The kinds of work in East View
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East View, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 110. 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 East View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 22% of East View’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East View | – | — | — | 15 min | $54,782 |
| Clarksburg | 21% | C− | A | 21 min | $47,386 |
| Anmoore | 1% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Anmoore: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clarksburg. Darker towns draw more of East View’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 East View: questions
What is the median household income in East View?
$54,782 (±$14,468) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East View?
4.6%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East View?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East View work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarksburg (21%, 3 mi), Bridgeport (18%, 4 mi), Morgantown (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East View 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 East View, from the people who make the trip.
More of East View
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.