With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Jacksonburg works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Jacksonburg for work; outside it, New Martinsville is the main destination (18%, 14 miles). Jacksonburg has 4 jobs, and 40 of its residents work somewhere. 14% of workers have no commute at all (West Virginia 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Jacksonburg
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Jacksonburg on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 places Jacksonburg commutes to
Where Jacksonburg clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Jacksonburg are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacksonburg, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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 Jacksonburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Jacksonburg
of Jacksonburg workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Jacksonburg
About 35% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Jacksonburg workers work outside West Virginia. The job records count 16% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Jacksonburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Jacksonburg?
8.3%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jacksonburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Martinsville (18%, 14 mi), Mannington (8%, 16 mi), Reader (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jacksonburg 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 Jacksonburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacksonburg
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.