Work & commute · Coal Fork

Work & commute in Coal Fork, WV

Most working residents leave Coal Fork for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (37%), South Charleston (8%) and Huntington (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 442 Coal Fork residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coal Fork.

442live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coal Fork goes to work

Charleston5.6 mi away

37%166

South Charleston9.7 mi away

8%34

Huntington49.2 mi away

3%12

Teays Valley22.8 mi away

2%11

Dunbar11.4 mi away

1%5

Big Chimney6.2 mi away

1%5

Cross Lanes15.3 mi away

1%5

St. Albans15.9 mi away

1%4

Nitro16.1 mi away

1%4

Beckley43.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%194

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

How far

How far Coal Fork commutes

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

56%

23%

10%

12%

56%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coal Fork is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coal Fork are

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

Jobs based in Coal Fork

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Coal Fork residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−58%

Jobs based in Coal Fork, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 56. 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.