Rees, Morris, III House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Inwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Inwood report 798 jobs; 1,934 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Inwood C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 2% work in Inwood itself; outside it, Winchester draws the most (9%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inwood and work: the main findings
Inwood empties out on a workday
About 1,700 people are in Inwood on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than the 2,800 who live here: 1,900 head out to work and 770 come in. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Inwood
69% of Inwood residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Inwood pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Inwood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across West Virginia. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Jobs & income in Inwood: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Inwood is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #23 of 61 in West Virginia. Household income holds Inwood’s grade up ($84,286, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Inwood could be anywhere from C− to A.
Inwood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,902 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 766 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Inwood 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 kinds of work in Inwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inwood, 2014 → 2024: 751 → 798. 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 Inwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Inwood: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Inwood workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,121 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where people from Inwood work
Where Inwood clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
2% 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 commute from Inwood, by distance
About 21% 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.
Most of Inwood commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Inwood is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #58 of 61 in West Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.5% across West Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,304 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Inwood households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Inwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Inwood places 2,793rd of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 982 | Williamstown WV | 2,922 | $89K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,394 | Bethlehem WV | 2,520 | $83K | 8.8% | 3.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,402 | Culloden WV | 3,040 | $73K | 11.8% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,791 | Watson Township MI | 2,264 | $65K | 16.3% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,792 | Loma Rica CA | 2,343 | $98K | 6.3% | 7.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Inwood WV | 2,794 | $84K | 14.5% | 6.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,794 | Owens Cross Roads AL | 3,334 | $86K | 10.1% | 10.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,795 | Bal Harbour FL | 3,036 | $81K | 20.1% | 9.4% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 Inwood, 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 Inwood: questions
What is the median household income in Inwood?
$84,286 (±$16,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inwood?
14.5%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inwood?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (9%, 14 mi), Martinsburg (7%, 8 mi), Leesburg (2%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Inwood walkable?
Inwood is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Inwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Inwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inwood
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.