Work & commute · Alderson

Work & commute in Alderson, WV

Most working residents leave Alderson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lewisburg (16%), Fairlea (5%) and Beckley (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 336 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

61 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 328 Alderson residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alderson.

328live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alderson goes to work

Lewisburg13 mi away

16%53

Fairlea10.6 mi away

5%18

Beckley28.5 mi away

4%12

Charleston68.8 mi away

3%11

Alderson (in town)right here

2%8

White Sulphur Springs19.3 mi away

2%7

Rainelle17.9 mi away

2%6

Parkersburg116.5 mi away

1%5

Rupert16.4 mi away

1%4

Hinton13.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%208

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alderson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

46%

17%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alderson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alderson are

288 jobs are based in Alderson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alderson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alderson

288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Alderson residents hold

336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+33%

Jobs based in Alderson, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 288. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.