Work & commute · Bluewell

Work & commute in Bluewell, WV

Most working residents leave Bluewell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (12%), Bluefield (12%) and Bluefield (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 663 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 654 Bluewell residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluewell.

654live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluewell goes to work

Princeton9.5 mi away

12%78

Bluefield4.3 mi away

12%78

Bluefield, VA5.6 mi away

6%41

Charleston74.3 mi away

3%22

Beckley32.1 mi away

3%18

Welch20 mi away

2%14

Bluewell (in town)right here

1%9

Bland, VA16.7 mi away

1%8

Brush Fork2.7 mi away

1%8

Tazewell, VA18.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%381

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

How far

How far Bluewell commutes

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

52%

14%

13%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluewell 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 Bluewell are

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

Jobs based in Bluewell

308 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Bluewell residents hold

663 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−18%

Jobs based in Bluewell, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 308. 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.