Work & commute · Chelyan

Work & commute in Chelyan, WV

Most working residents leave Chelyan for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (36%), South Charleston (9%) and St. Albans (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 192 Chelyan residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chelyan.

192live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chelyan goes to work

Charleston13.1 mi away

36%69

South Charleston15.7 mi away

9%18

St. Albans22 mi away

3%5

Huntington53.5 mi away

3%5

Dunbar18.1 mi away

2%3

Nitro22.9 mi away

2%3

Parkersburg73.6 mi away

2%3

Pineville42.1 mi away

1%2

White Hall109.8 mi away

1%2

Summersville35.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%80

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

How far

How far Chelyan commutes

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

10%

56%

15%

19%

10%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chelyan is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chelyan are

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

Jobs based in Chelyan

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Chelyan residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−48%

Jobs based in Chelyan, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 99. 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.