Work & commute · Amherstdale

Work & commute in Amherstdale, WV

Most working residents leave Amherstdale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (10%), Man (9%) and Pikeville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 77 Amherstdale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amherstdale.

77live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amherstdale goes to work

Logan10 mi away

10%8

Man4.2 mi away

9%7

Pikeville, KY43.8 mi away

4%3

Huntington54.5 mi away

4%3

Mount Gay-Shamrock11.7 mi away

4%3

Williamson25.4 mi away

3%2

Madison19.6 mi away

3%2

Beckley36.4 mi away

3%2

Stollings8.2 mi away

3%2

Prestonsburg, KY51.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%44

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

How far

How far Amherstdale commutes

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

32%

36%

14%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amherstdale is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Amherstdale are

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

Jobs based in Amherstdale

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month75%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Amherstdale residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−7%

Jobs based in Amherstdale, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 28. 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.