Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Worthington works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Worthington itself; outside it, Fairmont draws the most (24%, 6 miles). Employers in Worthington report 23 jobs; 59 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; West Virginia has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Worthington on a workday
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Worthington on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The places Worthington commutes to
Where Worthington clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Worthington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worthington, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 23. 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 Worthington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Worthington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worthington workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 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.
Miles to work from Worthington
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 Worthington: questions
What is the median household income in Worthington?
$33,750 (±$25,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worthington?
15.5%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worthington?
23 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 Worthington work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairmont (24%, 6 mi), Morgantown (12%, 21 mi), Bridgeport (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Worthington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worthington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worthington
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.