Counties with the best commutes in West Virginia

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April 6, 2023
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Counties with the best commutes in West Virginia

Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the best commutes in West Virginia using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Counties are ranked by the shortest average travel time to work, with ties broken by lowest percent of residents that commute over 60 minutes, and any further ties broken by lowest percent of residents that work outside the county of residence.

#55. Morgan County

- Mean travel time to work: 40.9
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 26.1%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 18.1%

#54. Hampshire County

- Mean travel time to work: 39.1
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.5%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 13.3%

#53. Clay County

- Mean travel time to work: 38.0
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 21.2%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 45.7%

#52. Jefferson County

- Mean travel time to work: 36.9
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 24.8%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 10.8%

#51. Calhoun County

- Mean travel time to work: 36.8
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 18.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 45.4%

#50. Wirt County

- Mean travel time to work: 35.6
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 16.5%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 58.3%

#49. Lincoln County

- Mean travel time to work: 35.0
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 60.5%

#48. Monroe County

- Mean travel time to work: 34.9
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 20.1%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 43.6%

#47. Mingo County

- Mean travel time to work: 34.1
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.2%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 28.9%

#46. Summers County

- Mean travel time to work: 34.0
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 40.4%

#45. Roane County

- Mean travel time to work: 33.4
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 18.4%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 37.3%

#44. Nicholas County

- Mean travel time to work: 32.7
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 18.1%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 26.7%

#43. Pendleton County

- Mean travel time to work: 32.4
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 16.4%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 23.9%

#42. Boone County

- Mean travel time to work: 31.7
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.8%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 44.4%

#41. Webster County

- Mean travel time to work: 31.6
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.5%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 32.2%

#40. Preston County

- Mean travel time to work: 31.6
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 14.8%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 38.0%

#39. Braxton County

- Mean travel time to work: 31.2
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.6%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 27.4%

#38. Doddridge County

- Mean travel time to work: 31.2
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 11.0%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 61.5%

#37. Tyler County

- Mean travel time to work: 30.7
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 11.2%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 50.7%

#36. Gilmer County

- Mean travel time to work: 30.6
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 23.0%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 32.4%

#35. Fayette County

- Mean travel time to work: 30.3
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.8%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 42.8%

#34. Ritchie County

- Mean travel time to work: 30.1
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.6%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 29.2%

#33. Berkeley County

- Mean travel time to work: 29.6
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 11.6%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 7.0%

#32. Jackson County

- Mean travel time to work: 29.5
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 11.3%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 38.4%

#31. McDowell County

- Mean travel time to work: 29.2
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 16.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 10.1%

#30. Tucker County

- Mean travel time to work: 28.9
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.0%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 24.9%

#29. Wetzel County

- Mean travel time to work: 28.4
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 15.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 30.6%

#28. Putnam County

- Mean travel time to work: 28.0
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 7.1%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 46.3%

#27. Wyoming County

- Mean travel time to work: 27.7
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.5%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 33.4%

#26. Taylor County

- Mean travel time to work: 27.3
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 8.1%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 57.0%

#25. Lewis County

- Mean travel time to work: 27.3
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 7.6%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 38.6%

#24. Logan County

- Mean travel time to work: 27.2
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 16.1%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 20.7%

#23. Mason County

- Mean travel time to work: 27.0
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.3%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 34.8%

#22. Barbour County

- Mean travel time to work: 26.7
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.9%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 52.1%

#21. Pleasants County

- Mean travel time to work: 26.6
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 6.4%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 37.9%

#20. Upshur County

- Mean travel time to work: 26.4
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 8.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 29.0%

#19. Mineral County

- Mean travel time to work: 26.4
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 8.1%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 10.0%

#18. Marshall County

- Mean travel time to work: 26.0
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 8.5%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 38.1%

#17. Wayne County

- Mean travel time to work: 25.9
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 7.3%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 48.9%

#16. Hardy County

- Mean travel time to work: 25.4
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 10.8%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 7.6%

#15. Hancock County

- Mean travel time to work: 24.5
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.2%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 16.3%

#14. Brooke County

- Mean travel time to work: 24.3
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 6.2%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 23.2%

#13. Marion County

- Mean travel time to work: 24.2
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 5.3%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 36.1%

#12. Greenbrier County

- Mean travel time to work: 23.9
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 6.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 8.8%

#11. Raleigh County

- Mean travel time to work: 23.5
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.3%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 15.0%

#10. Mercer County

- Mean travel time to work: 23.1
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 8.3%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 9.0%

#9. Harrison County

- Mean travel time to work: 22.8
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 5.9%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 14.1%

#8. Grant County

- Mean travel time to work: 22.2
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 5.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 27.5%

#7. Randolph County

- Mean travel time to work: 22.1
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.0%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 12.4%

#6. Kanawha County

- Mean travel time to work: 21.6
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 4.0%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 9.1%

#5. Monongalia County

- Mean travel time to work: 21.5
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 4.9%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 9.1%

#4. Cabell County

- Mean travel time to work: 20.9
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 3.9%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 15.3%

#3. Pocahontas County

- Mean travel time to work: 20.8
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 3.9%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 7.3%

#2. Ohio County

- Mean travel time to work: 20.4
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 5.7%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 11.5%

#1. Wood County

- Mean travel time to work: 19.7
- Workers with 60+ minute commute: 4.0%
- Worked outside of county of residence: 7.0%

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