Photo: Taken by-Roger Propst, Uploaded by-Dakota Laughlin · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 3.2 jobs in Grantsville for every working resident, and 473 people commute in
Working residents average 27 minutes each way, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 498 jobs are based in Grantsville for 154 working residents. About one in seven work in Grantsville itself; outside it, Parkersburg draws the most (5%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Grantsville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 129 residents head out to work and 25 work right here.
About 820 people are in Grantsville on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Grantsville live
Where Grantsville clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
Grantsville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grantsville, 2014 → 2024: 667 → 498. 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 Grantsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Grantsville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grantsville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 5% 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.
The distance from Grantsville to work
About 29% 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.
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 Grantsville: questions
What is the median household income in Grantsville?
$28,438 (±$15,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grantsville?
48.5%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grantsville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grantsville work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (5%, 34 mi), Glenville (3%, 14 mi), Charleston (3%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Grantsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grantsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grantsville
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.