Work & commute · Buffalo

Work & commute in Buffalo, WV

Most working residents leave Buffalo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (11%), Winfield (6%) and South Charleston (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 364 Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo.

364live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo goes to work

Charleston26.2 mi away

11%42

Winfield7.8 mi away

6%23

South Charleston23.8 mi away

6%22

Eleanor6 mi away

6%21

Teays Valley11.8 mi away

4%16

Huntington28.2 mi away

3%10

Nitro16.7 mi away

2%9

Cross Lanes16.3 mi away

2%7

St. Albans18.4 mi away

2%6

Buffalo (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%208

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

How far

How far Buffalo commutes

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

31%

38%

17%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo 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 Buffalo are

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

Jobs based in Buffalo

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Buffalo residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+77%

Jobs based in Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 168. 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.