Work & commute · Comfort

Work & commute in Comfort, WV

Most working residents leave Comfort for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (21%), South Charleston (8%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 86 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 83 Comfort residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Comfort.

83live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Comfort goes to work

Charleston15 mi away

21%18

South Charleston15.4 mi away

8%7

Madison11.4 mi away

5%4

Hurricane30.1 mi away

3%3

Comfort (in town)right here

3%3

Ripley48 mi away

2%2

Barboursville41.7 mi away

2%2

Huntington48.7 mi away

2%2

Prosperity30.3 mi away

2%2

Mount Gay-Shamrock29.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%41

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

How far

How far Comfort commutes

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

10%

52%

26%

12%

10%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Comfort is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Comfort are

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

Jobs based in Comfort

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Comfort residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−11%

Jobs based in Comfort, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 133. 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.