Gilbert Creek has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Gilbert Creek grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 44 jobs are based in Gilbert Creek, and 250 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where West Virginia as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gilbert Creek apart on work
Gilbert Creek is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Gilbert Creek, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Gilbert Creek workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across West Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Gilbert Creek earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Gilbert Creek is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Gilbert Creek’s grade up ($82,632, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Gilbert Creek’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, Gilbert Creek could be anywhere from D− to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Gilbert Creek
On a workday 248 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Gilbert Creek on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
How far Gilbert Creek goes to work
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting to work from Gilbert Creek takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilbert Creek workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 293 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.
6% of working residents work in Gilbert
Where Gilbert Creek clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 70% of Gilbert Creek’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilbert Creek, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 44. 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 Gilbert Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Gilbert Creek is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gilbert Creek is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Gilbert Creek 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 293 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). 5.1% of Gilbert Creek households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gilbert Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,861st of 3,133: where Gilbert Creek ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 374 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 481 | Barrackville WV | 1,196 | $79K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 630 | Shenandoah Junction WV | 1,141 | $95K | 8.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,859 | Sutherland NE | 1,225 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.6% | 11% | C |
| 1,860 | Delmar WI | 1,027 | $74K | 13.0% | 1.7% | 1% | C |
| 1,861 | Gilbert Creek WV | 1,061 | $83K | 11.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 1,862 | Baldwin FL | 1,394 | $48K | 16.3% | 8.9% | 1% | C |
| 1,863 | Torch Lake Township MI | 1,270 | $89K | 14.9% | 0.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Gilbert Creek, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
Work in the towns next to Gilbert Creek
The biggest share goes to Gilbert (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gilbert Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Creek | – | C | D− | 30 min | $82,632 |
| Gilbert | 6% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gilbert: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gilbert Creek’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 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 Gilbert Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Gilbert Creek?
$82,632 (±$57,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilbert Creek?
11.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilbert Creek?
30 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 Gilbert Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gilbert (6%, 3 mi), Charleston (6%, 56 mi), Delbarton (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Gilbert Creek walkable?
Gilbert Creek is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gilbert Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gilbert Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilbert Creek
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.