Work & commute · Barboursville

Work & commute in Barboursville, WV

Most working residents leave Barboursville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (35%), Charleston (6%) and Pea Ridge (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

180 of 1,628 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,448 Barboursville residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 5,100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barboursville.

1,448live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

5,100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barboursville goes to work

Huntington7.6 mi away

35%563

Barboursville (in town)right here

11%180

Charleston36.1 mi away

6%100

Pea Ridge1.6 mi away

2%28

Teays Valley20.3 mi away

2%27

South Charleston32 mi away

2%26

Lesage5.6 mi away

1%23

Milton8.9 mi away

1%18

Ashland, KY19.3 mi away

1%14

Hurricane15.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%637

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

How far

How far Barboursville commutes

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

60%

14%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barboursville is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barboursville are

5,280 jobs are based in Barboursville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barboursville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barboursville

5,280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Barboursville residents hold

1,628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−18%

Jobs based in Barboursville, 2013 → 2023: 6,417 → 5,280. 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.