Work & commute · Elkview

Work & commute in Elkview, WV

Most working residents leave Elkview for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (44%), South Charleston (8%) and Big Chimney (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 399 Elkview residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkview.

399live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkview goes to work

Charleston10.3 mi away

44%179

South Charleston14.3 mi away

8%33

Big Chimney3.3 mi away

2%8

Huntington52 mi away

1%6

St. Albans19 mi away

1%5

Hurricane29.4 mi away

1%5

Cross Lanes16.2 mi away

1%5

Teays Valley24.4 mi away

1%5

Elkview (in town)right here

1%4

Winfield23.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%150

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

How far

How far Elkview commutes

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

41%

41%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkview is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkview are

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

Jobs based in Elkview

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Elkview residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Elkview, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 206. 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.