Photo: Alainmoscoso · CC BY-SA 3.0Piedmont has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Piedmont; the top destination outside it is Keyser (8%, 4 miles). Employers in Piedmont report 74 jobs, against 317 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes; West Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Piedmont apart on work
Piedmont is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in Piedmont, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Piedmont has about 450 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 317 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Piedmont by day
On a workday 315 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Piedmont on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
How far it is to work from Piedmont
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Piedmont goes to work
Where Piedmont clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
What Piedmont’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piedmont, 2014 → 2024: 197 → 74. 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 Piedmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Piedmont: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piedmont workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 244 commuters (the 4% 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.
Next door to Piedmont
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piedmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | – | — | — | 25 min | $42,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Piedmont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Piedmont: questions
What is the median household income in Piedmont?
$42,375 (±$11,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piedmont?
23.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piedmont?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piedmont work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keyser (8%, 4 mi), Oakland (5%, 19 mi), Moorefield (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Piedmont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piedmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piedmont
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.