George Pinkney Morgan House · Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Rivesville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Rivesville has 122 jobs, and 314 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Rivesville for work; outside it, Fairmont is the main destination (17%, 4 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home; West Virginia has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rivesville: the figures worth knowing
Rivesville and Fairmont trade workers both ways
Fairmont is the top workplace for Rivesville residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Rivesville come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rivesville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across West Virginia. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 314 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Rivesville ends
Where Rivesville clocks in
17% of workers
13% of workers
4% 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.
How long Rivesville spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rivesville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who leaves Rivesville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 307 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Rivesville on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Jobs in Rivesville: what the 122 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rivesville, 2014 → 2024: 179 → 122. 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 Rivesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Rivesville’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 2024.
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 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 Rivesville: questions
What is the median household income in Rivesville?
$48,000 (±$13,242) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rivesville?
14.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rivesville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rivesville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairmont (17%, 4 mi), Morgantown (13%, 12 mi), Bridgeport (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rivesville 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 Rivesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rivesville
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.