Work & commute · Ansted

Work & commute in Ansted, WV

Most working residents leave Ansted for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (9%), Charleston (7%) and Beckley (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 439 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 411 Ansted residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ansted.

411live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ansted goes to work

Fayetteville4.9 mi away

9%39

Charleston32.3 mi away

7%29

Ansted (in town)right here

6%28

Beckley25.2 mi away

5%21

Oak Hill11.6 mi away

4%19

Summersville17.7 mi away

3%15

Montgomery12 mi away

2%8

Smithers10.7 mi away

1%6

Parkersburg81.3 mi away

1%6

Falls View8.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%262

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

How far

How far Ansted commutes

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

28%

25%

23%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ansted is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ansted are

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

Jobs based in Ansted

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ansted residents hold

439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−6%

Jobs based in Ansted, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 290. 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.