Truck freight in West Virginia
Trucks moved an estimated 81.9 million tons of freight from origins in West Virginia in 2024, worth $68.9 billion, according to the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).
Trucks carried 34.8% of all freight tonnage that started in West Virginia, and 60.9 million tons of that truck freight stayed within the state.
Inbound, trucks delivered 80.7 million tons of freight worth $69.3 billion to destinations in West Virginia.
The top destination states for trucks leaving West Virginia were Ohio (5.1 million tons), Pennsylvania (4.4 million tons), Maryland (1.8 million tons), Virginia (1.6 million tons) and Kentucky (947,823 tons).
The largest truck flows into West Virginia from other states came from Virginia (4.6 million tons), Pennsylvania (4.3 million tons), Ohio (3.3 million tons), Kentucky (2.1 million tons) and Maryland (894,818 tons).
Truck tonnage from West Virginia origins went from 111.9 million tons in 2018 to 81.9 million tons in 2024, and its value from $57.6 billion to $68.9 billion. The largest one-year increase in tonnage was in 2021, up 4.9 million tons. A ton of truck freight from West Virginia was worth $515 on average in 2018 and $841 in 2024.
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| Year | Tons | Value (current US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81,912,055 | $68.89 billion |
| 2023 | 90,393,130 | $72.2 billion |
| 2022 | 95,312,157 | $76.14 billion |
| 2021 | 91,036,719 | $60.56 billion |
| 2020 | 86,186,717 | $48.54 billion |
| 2019 | 98,083,585 | $54.7 billion |
| 2018 | 111,854,795 | $57.63 billion |
The top three, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland, took 61.3% of the truck tonnage leaving West Virginia for other states. Freight to Ohio averaged $1,408 per ton.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5,062,212 | $7.128 billion | $1,408 | 27.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 4,383,730 | $5.587 billion | $1,274 | 24% |
| Maryland | 1,753,885 | $1.615 billion | $921 | 9.6% |
| Virginia | 1,563,362 | $2.344 billion | $1,499 | 8.5% |
| Kentucky | 947,823 | $1.621 billion | $1,710 | 5.2% |
| Indiana | 551,374 | $1.432 billion | $2,598 | 3% |
| Tennessee | 469,648 | $862.8 million | $1,837 | 2.6% |
| New Jersey | 431,197 | $648 million | $1,503 | 2.4% |
| North Carolina | 409,152 | $5.474 billion | $13,378 | 2.2% |
| New York | 358,462 | $858.5 million | $2,395 | 2% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 315,491 | $1.742 billion | $5,523 | 1.7% |
| Illinois | 276,049 | $788.8 million | $2,857 | 1.5% |
| Georgia | 209,942 | $702 million | $3,344 | 1.1% |
| Texas | 203,947 | $1.367 billion | $6,704 | 1.1% |
| Florida | 122,519 | $259.8 million | $2,121 | 0.7% |
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio sent 63.4% of the truck tonnage arriving from other states, worth $19.5 billion. The 15 states listed sent 96.7% of it.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 4,563,027 | $4.404 billion | $965 | 23.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 4,338,565 | $7.56 billion | $1,742 | 22.6% |
| Ohio | 3,282,435 | $7.506 billion | $2,287 | 17.1% |
| Kentucky | 2,081,262 | $2.695 billion | $1,295 | 10.8% |
| Maryland | 894,818 | $1.498 billion | $1,674 | 4.7% |
| North Carolina | 814,392 | $2.099 billion | $2,577 | 4.2% |
| Indiana | 580,198 | $1.615 billion | $2,783 | 3% |
| New York | 471,684 | $745 million | $1,579 | 2.5% |
| Tennessee | 439,319 | $1.593 billion | $3,627 | 2.3% |
| South Carolina | 296,680 | $1.18 billion | $3,977 | 1.5% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 227,522 | $457 million | $2,008 | 1.2% |
| Texas | 192,266 | $834.7 million | $4,342 | 1% |
| New Jersey | 155,376 | $838.7 million | $5,398 | 0.8% |
| Georgia | 132,847 | $542.8 million | $4,086 | 0.7% |
| Michigan | 106,650 | $649.3 million | $6,088 | 0.6% |
Coal led by weight (15.8% of outbound truck tonnage); by value the largest of these was fuel oils at $7.5 billion. The 15 commodities listed make up 93.7% of the tonnage.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal | 12,902,748 | $1.016 billion | $79 | 15.8% |
| Gravel | 10,707,296 | $170.1 million | $16 | 13.1% |
| Logs | 9,736,836 | $211.6 million | $22 | 11.9% |
| Gasoline | 9,353,439 | $6.898 billion | $738 | 11.4% |
| Fuel oils | 8,332,792 | $7.5 billion | $900 | 10.2% |
| Wood products | 6,220,176 | $2.55 billion | $410 | 7.6% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 5,354,938 | $1.387 billion | $259 | 6.5% |
| Natural gas and other fossil products | 3,721,547 | $1.8 billion | $484 | 4.5% |
| Waste and scrap | 2,588,162 | $371.4 million | $144 | 3.2% |
| Base metals | 2,462,455 | $4.957 billion | $2,013 | 3% |
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| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic chemicals | 1,897,285 | $1.618 billion | $853 | 2.3% |
| Natural sands | 1,325,080 | $145.5 million | $110 | 1.6% |
| Plastics and rubber | 914,625 | $5.003 billion | $5,470 | 1.1% |
| Other foodstuffs | 669,294 | $796 million | $1,189 | 0.8% |
| Machinery | 568,354 | $5.3 billion | $9,325 | 0.7% |
Inbound, gravel, coal and logs were the heaviest, 41.6% of truck tonnage delivered in West Virginia.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel | 12,082,798 | $216.4 million | $18 | 15% |
| Coal | 11,746,826 | $767.2 million | $65 | 14.6% |
| Logs | 9,726,517 | $205.1 million | $21 | 12.1% |
| Gasoline | 9,246,200 | $6.692 billion | $724 | 11.5% |
| Fuel oils | 8,007,533 | $7.056 billion | $881 | 9.9% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 4,154,937 | $906.9 million | $218 | 5.2% |
| Natural gas and other fossil products | 3,887,041 | $1.892 billion | $487 | 4.8% |
| Wood products | 3,046,465 | $1.56 billion | $512 | 3.8% |
| Mixed freight | 2,308,580 | $9.085 billion | $3,935 | 2.9% |
| Base metals | 2,298,068 | $3.443 billion | $1,498 | 2.8% |
| Waste and scrap | 2,266,230 | $251.7 million | $111 | 2.8% |
| Plastics and rubber | 1,118,344 | $4.76 billion | $4,256 | 1.4% |
88.3% of the truck tonnage from West Virginia moves less than 250 miles, and 0.8% travels 1,000 miles or more.
| Distance | Tons | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|
| Below 100 miles | 32,739,938 | 40% |
| 100 to 249 miles | 39,579,460 | 48.3% |
| 250 to 499 miles | 7,318,857 | 8.9% |
| 500 to 749 miles | 1,295,537 | 1.6% |
| 750 to 999 miles | 355,090 | 0.4% |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 405,112 | 0.5% |
| 1,500 to 2,000 miles | 93,367 | 0.1% |
| Over 2,000 miles | 124,693 | 0.2% |