Most of Rachel commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Rachel itself; outside it, Fairmont draws the most (17%, 8 miles). There are 5 jobs in Rachel; 90 of its residents have a job. For 100% of workers, the job is at home (West Virginia 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rachel by day and by night
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Rachel on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 Rachel’s working residents head each day
Where Rachel clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 80% of Rachel’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rachel, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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 Rachel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rachel
of Rachel workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Rachel’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Rachel: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rachel?
3.8%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rachel work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairmont (17%, 8 mi), Morgantown (8%, 20 mi), Mannington (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rachel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rachel
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.