Work & commute · Belle

Work & commute in Belle, WV

Most working residents leave Belle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (44%), South Charleston (7%) and Nitro (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 472 Belle residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle.

472live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belle goes to work

Charleston9.4 mi away

44%209

South Charleston11.9 mi away

7%32

Nitro19.1 mi away

2%10

Dunbar14.2 mi away

1%7

Beckley37.9 mi away

1%6

Huntington50.2 mi away

1%6

Cross Lanes19.1 mi away

1%6

St. Albans18.2 mi away

1%5

Dupont City2.8 mi away

1%5

Big Chimney12.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%184

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

How far

How far Belle commutes

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

43%

35%

11%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belle is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle are

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

Jobs based in Belle

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Belle residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−65%

Jobs based in Belle, 2013 → 2023: 623 → 219. 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.