Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Rowlesburg commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, where West Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26. 15 jobs are based in Rowlesburg, and 131 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Rowlesburg for work; outside it, Kingwood is the main destination (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Rowlesburg
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Rowlesburg on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Rowlesburg’s working residents head each day
Where Rowlesburg clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
In Rowlesburg, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rowlesburg, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 15. 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 Rowlesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Rowlesburg: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rowlesburg workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 266 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rowlesburg
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 Rowlesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Rowlesburg?
$61,964 (±$13,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rowlesburg?
19.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rowlesburg?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rowlesburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingwood (10%, 8 mi), Grafton (5%, 18 mi), Oakland (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rowlesburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rowlesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rowlesburg
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.