Nutter Fort has 1.4 jobs for every working resident: 785 people commute in to work
Jobs & income B−: better than 52% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability A: more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 61% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 17 minutes each way (West Virginia 27, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Nutter Fort; the top destination outside it is Clarksburg (23%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Nutter Fort
Nutter Fort and Clarksburg trade workers both ways
Clarksburg is the top workplace for Nutter Fort residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Nutter Fort come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Nutter Fort are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical West Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Nutter Fort
55% of Nutter Fort residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Nutter Fort pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 575 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Nutter Fort’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nutter Fort is better than 52% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Nutter Fort’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($68,068, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nutter Fort could be anywhere from C− to A−.
23% of working residents work in Clarksburg
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Nutter Fort clocks in
23% of workers
19% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of West Virginia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nutter Fort workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 975 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.
What the 801 jobs in Nutter Fort are
801 jobs are based in Nutter Fort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nutter Fort’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nutter Fort, 2013 → 2023: 926 → 801. 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.
Nutter Fort fills up on a workday
On a workday 559 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 785 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Nutter Fort on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Nutter Fort commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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.
Nutter Fort is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nutter Fort is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Nutter Fort near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,026 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Nutter Fort households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Nutter Fort’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nutter Fort is 2,076th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nutter Fort, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 872 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,109 | Barrackville WV | 1,196 | $79K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,302 | Coal Fork WV | 1,423 | $70K | 2.3% | 29.5% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,074 | Spring Park MN | 1,647 | $48K | 9.0% | 8.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,075 | Speers PA | 1,047 | $73K | 11.6% | 3.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,076 | Nutter Fort WV | 1,451 | $68K | 8.4% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,077 | Lee Township MI | 1,057 | $85K | 11.1% | 9.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,078 | Thurston NY | 1,228 | $73K | 3.4% | 3.6% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
23% of Nutter Fort works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Clarksburg (23%). Darker towns draw more of Nutter Fort’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nutter Fort workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutter Fort | – | B− | A | 17 min | $68,068 |
| Clarksburg | 23% | C− | A | 21 min | $47,386 |
| Stonewood | under 1% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $54,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Nutter Fort: questions
What is the median household income in Nutter Fort?
$68,068 (±$15,504) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nutter Fort?
8.4%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nutter Fort?
17 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 Nutter Fort work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarksburg (23%, 2 mi), Bridgeport (19%, 5 mi), Morgantown (5%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nutter Fort walkable?
Nutter Fort is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nutter Fort without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nutter Fort, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nutter Fort
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. 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.