Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Jobs, income and commuting in Middlebourne, WV
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average; the West Virginia average is 27, the U.S. 26. About one in ten work in Middlebourne itself; outside it, New Martinsville draws the most (7%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 9% for West Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Middlebourne, in brief
Commuting from Middlebourne: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middlebourne workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 243 commuters (the 3% 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.
Middlebourne by day and by night
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Middlebourne on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 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 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Middlebourne
Where Middlebourne clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Middlebourne: what the 333 are
333 jobs are based in Middlebourne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middlebourne, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 333. 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 Middlebourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Middlebourne works
About 23% 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 Middlebourne: questions
What is the median household income in Middlebourne?
$69,375 (±$21,515) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middlebourne?
16.8%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middlebourne?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middlebourne work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Martinsville (7%, 11 mi), St. Marys (4%, 17 mi), Bridgeport (3%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middlebourne 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 Middlebourne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middlebourne
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.