Photo: Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Meadow Bridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Meadow Bridge has 4 jobs for 88 working residents. Hardly any stay in Meadow Bridge for work; outside it, Charleston is the main destination (7%, 54 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, where West Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Meadow Bridge: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Meadow Bridge on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Meadow Bridge goes to work
Where Meadow Bridge clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
What Meadow Bridge’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadow Bridge, 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 Meadow Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Meadow Bridge takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadow Bridge workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 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.
How many miles Meadow Bridge commutes
About 40% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Meadow Bridge: questions
What is the median household income in Meadow Bridge?
$43,750 (±$26,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadow Bridge?
15.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadow Bridge?
25 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 Meadow Bridge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (7%, 54 mi), Beckley (6%, 18 mi), Rainelle (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meadow Bridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadow Bridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadow Bridge
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.