Work & commute · Eleanor

Work & commute in Eleanor, WV

Most working residents leave Eleanor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (9%), Winfield (8%) and Teays Valley (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 509 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 492 Eleanor residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eleanor.

492live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eleanor goes to work

Charleston20.5 mi away

9%48

Winfield2.2 mi away

8%40

Teays Valley6.2 mi away

6%32

South Charleston17.8 mi away

4%22

Eleanor (in town)right here

3%17

Huntington29 mi away

2%12

Hurricane9.1 mi away

2%11

Nitro10.7 mi away

2%10

Dunbar15.4 mi away

2%9

Beckley67.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%299

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

How far

How far Eleanor commutes

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

47%

28%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eleanor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eleanor are

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

Jobs based in Eleanor

569 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Eleanor residents hold

509 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−34%

Jobs based in Eleanor, 2013 → 2023: 862 → 569. 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.