Work & commute · Bolt

Work & commute in Bolt, WV

Most working residents leave Bolt for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (18%), Charleston (5%) and Sophia (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 119 Bolt residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolt.

119live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolt goes to work

Beckley14.1 mi away

18%21

Charleston42.4 mi away

5%6

Sophia9.7 mi away

4%5

Pineville13.3 mi away

3%3

Morgantown152.2 mi away

3%3

Huntington71.2 mi away

3%3

Welch24.7 mi away

2%2

South Charleston43.2 mi away

2%2

Bridgeport124.2 mi away

2%2

Glen White7.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%70

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

How far

How far Bolt commutes

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

16%

54%

13%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolt is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolt are

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

Jobs based in Bolt

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bolt residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−64%

Jobs based in Bolt, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 32. 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.