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Jobs & commute in Hepzibah

Most of Hepzibah commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

8 jobs are based in Hepzibah for 142 working residents. Hardly any work in Hepzibah itself; outside it, Bridgeport draws the most (16%, 5 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, 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

Day and night

A workday in Hepzibah: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 142 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.

142live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday0
130live here− 140head out to work+ 8come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Hepzibah on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Hepzibah’s working residents head each day

White Hall: 2 residents work here (1%)Philippi: 2 residents work here (1%)Buckhannon: 3 residents work here (2%)Fairmont: 7 residents work here (5%)Morgantown: 6 residents work here (4%)Parkersburg: 2 residents work here (1%)Bridgeport: 23 residents work here (16%)Clarksburg: 23 residents work here (16%)Weirton: 2 residents work here (1%)HepzibahDespard: 4 residents work here (3%)EnterpriseBridgeportClarksburgFairmontMorgantownDespardBuckhannonHepzibah
1
Bridgeport5.2 mi away
16%23
2
Clarksburg4.4 mi away
16%23
3
Fairmont14.1 mi away
5%7
4
Morgantown29.6 mi away
4%6
5
Despard3.2 mi away
3%4
6
Buckhannon24 mi away
2%3
7
White Hall10.1 mi away
1%2
8
Philippi19.8 mi away
1%2
9
Parkersburg64.8 mi away
1%2
10
Weirton75.6 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%68
The top trips

Where Hepzibah clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

In Hepzibah, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in HepzibahJobs Hepzibah residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%32%
Services: health, schools, offices100%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less38%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%24%
Over $3,333 a month25%63%

Who does it

29 or younger13%23%
30 to 5463%51%
55 and older25%26%

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 Hepzibah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Hepzibah

Working from home
0%

of Hepzibah workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hepzibah gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 34 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.

How far

Half of Hepzibah commutes less than 7 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBridgeport: 16% · 5.2 miClarksburg: 16% · 4.4 miFairmont: 5% · 14.1 miMorgantown: 4% · 29.6 miDespard: 3% · 3.2 miBuckhannon: 2% · 24 miWhite Hall: 1% · 10.1 miPhilippi: 1% · 19.8 miParkersburg: 1% · 64.8 miWeirton: 1% · 75.6 miBridgeport 16%Clarksburg 16%Fairmont 5%Morgantown 4%Despard 3%Hepzibah
HepzibahTop destinations (size = commuters)
53%Under 10 mi75 residents
16%10–24 mi23 residents
14%25–50 mi20 residents
16%Over 50 mi23 residents

About 16% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hepzibah: questions

What is the poverty rate in Hepzibah?

11.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Hepzibah work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeport (16%, 5 mi), Clarksburg (16%, 4 mi), Fairmont (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Hepzibah 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 Hepzibah, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hepzibah

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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.