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Work & commute in Brush Fork, WV

Most working residents leave Brush Fork for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (14%), Bluefield (11%) and Bluefield (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 332 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 329 Brush Fork residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brush Fork.

329live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
298work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Brush Fork goes to work

Rural RetreatRichlandsTazewellBluefieldWythevilleChristiansburgPrincetonWelchBluefieldBeckleyHuntingtonCharlestonBrush ForkBluewellPrincetonBluefieldBluefieldBeckleyTazewellWythevilleWelchBluewellRural RetreatRichlandsBrush Fork
1
Princeton10.1 mi away
14%47
2
Bluefield1.8 mi away
11%36
3
Bluefield, VA3.5 mi away
6%20
4
Beckley34.5 mi away
4%13
5
Tazewell, VA17.9 mi away
2%7
6
Wytheville, VA23.9 mi away
2%7
7
Welch22 mi away
2%7
8
Bluewell2.7 mi away
2%6
9
Rural Retreat, VA25.8 mi away
1%3
10
Richlands, VA34.1 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%183

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

How far

How far Brush Fork commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Brush Fork is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brush Fork are

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

Jobs based in Brush Fork

301 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Brush Fork residents hold

332 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−21%

Jobs based in Brush Fork, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 301. 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.

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