Work & commute · Brenton

Work & commute in Brenton, WV

Most working residents leave Brenton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pineville (20%), Beckley (8%) and Charleston (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 40 Brenton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brenton.

40live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brenton goes to work

Pineville5.6 mi away

20%8

Beckley28.5 mi away

8%3

Charleston51.6 mi away

8%3

Oceana6.4 mi away

5%2

Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY157 mi away

3%1

Roanoke, VA94.7 mi away

3%1

Grantsville95.8 mi away

3%1

Wayne61.8 mi away

3%1

Marlinton94.8 mi away

3%1

Westover166.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%18

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

How far

How far Brenton commutes

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

48%

10%

13%

30%

48%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brenton is a job hub

3.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brenton are

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

Jobs based in Brenton

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Brenton residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+4567%

Jobs based in Brenton, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 140. 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.