Work & commute · Clendenin

Work & commute in Clendenin, WV

Most working residents leave Clendenin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (36%), South Charleston (6%) and Beckley (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 244 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 237 Clendenin residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clendenin.

237live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

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Where Clendenin goes to work

Charleston17.9 mi away

36%88

South Charleston21.8 mi away

6%15

Clendenin (in town)right here

3%7

Beckley50.2 mi away

3%7

Barboursville51.4 mi away

2%5

Huntington58.8 mi away

2%4

Teays Valley31.1 mi away

2%4

Morgantown109.7 mi away

1%3

Pinch8.7 mi away

1%3

Marmet20.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%106

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

How far

How far Clendenin commutes

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

12%

55%

14%

19%

12%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clendenin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clendenin are

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

Jobs based in Clendenin

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Clendenin residents hold

244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−22%

Jobs based in Clendenin, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 253. 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.