With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Wiley Ford works elsewhere
Employers in Wiley Ford report 104 jobs; 442 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Wiley Ford; the top destination outside it is Cumberland (22%, 2 miles). The trip to work takes 15 minutes on average; West Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wiley Ford, in brief
Many Wiley Ford workers cross into Maryland
59% of Wiley Ford workers work outside West Virginia, most of them in Maryland, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Wiley Ford and Cumberland trade workers both ways
Cumberland is the top workplace for Wiley Ford residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Wiley Ford come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wiley Ford is a place people come home to
There are 104 jobs based in Wiley Ford, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wiley Ford has about 290 people in it, 54% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 442 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Wiley Ford commutes to
Where Wiley Ford clocks in
22% 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.
Who commutes out of Wiley Ford, and who commutes in
On a workday 429 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Wiley Ford on a workday afternoon, 54% 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.
Jobs in Wiley Ford: what the 104 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wiley Ford, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 104. 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 Wiley Ford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of West Virginia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wiley Ford workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Wiley Ford to work
About 32% 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 Wiley Ford: questions
What is the median household income in Wiley Ford?
$90,775 (±$12,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wiley Ford?
10.6%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wiley Ford?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wiley Ford work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (22%, 2 mi), Ridgeley (4%, 2 mi), Cresaptown (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wiley Ford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wiley Ford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wiley Ford
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.