Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Tunnelton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 9% across West Virginia. Tunnelton has 23 jobs; 120 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Tunnelton; the top destination outside it is Morgantown (13%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Tunnelton by day
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Tunnelton on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Tunnelton goes to work
Where Tunnelton clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 30% of the jobs in Tunnelton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Tunnelton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Tunnelton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tunnelton workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Tunnelton commutes less than 18 miles
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 Tunnelton: questions
What is the median household income in Tunnelton?
$65,565 (±$6,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tunnelton?
7.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tunnelton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tunnelton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morgantown (13%, 20 mi), Kingwood (9%, 6 mi), Grafton (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tunnelton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tunnelton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tunnelton
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.