Work & commute · Bud

Work & commute in Bud, WV

Most working residents leave Bud for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (17%), Pineville (12%) and Mullens (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 107 Bud residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bud.

107live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bud goes to work

Beckley20.9 mi away

17%19

Pineville9.6 mi away

12%13

Mullens4 mi away

9%10

Oceana17.9 mi away

5%5

Bluefield20.3 mi away

3%3

Morgantown165.2 mi away

3%3

MacArthur18.3 mi away

3%3

Moundsville169.2 mi away

2%2

Clarksburg132.6 mi away

2%2

Wheeling180 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%47

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

How far

How far Bud commutes

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

29%

44%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bud is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bud are

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

Jobs based in Bud

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bud residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Bud, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 43. 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.