Work & commute · Beaver

Work & commute in Beaver, WV

Most working residents leave Beaver for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (26%), Charleston (3%) and Daniels (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 437 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 421 Beaver residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 649 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver.

421live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

649work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver goes to work

Beckley2.8 mi away

26%114

Beaver (in town)right here

4%16

Charleston49.8 mi away

3%14

Daniels1.7 mi away

3%13

Sophia5.6 mi away

3%12

South Charleston51.7 mi away

3%11

Prosperity7.6 mi away

2%8

MacArthur2.7 mi away

1%6

Shady Spring4.8 mi away

1%5

Princeton25.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%234

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

How far

How far Beaver commutes

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

65%

12%

18%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver are

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

Jobs based in Beaver

665 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Beaver residents hold

437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+93%

Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 344 → 665. 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.