Work & commute · Chapmanville

Work & commute in Chapmanville, WV

Most working residents leave Chapmanville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (11%), Logan (5%) and South Charleston (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 271 Chapmanville residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chapmanville.

271live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chapmanville goes to work

Charleston33.6 mi away

11%31

Chapmanville (in town)right here

6%18

Logan8.4 mi away

5%15

South Charleston30.6 mi away

5%15

Huntington37.8 mi away

4%13

Mount Gay-Shamrock8.3 mi away

3%9

Beckley48.8 mi away

2%7

West Logan7.3 mi away

1%4

Danville12.7 mi away

1%4

Ashland, KY47.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%170

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

How far

How far Chapmanville commutes

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

34%

14%

41%

12%

34%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chapmanville is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chapmanville are

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

Jobs based in Chapmanville

526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Chapmanville residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−16%

Jobs based in Chapmanville, 2013 → 2023: 628 → 526. 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.