Work & commute · Fairlea

Work & commute in Fairlea, WV

Most working residents leave Fairlea for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lewisburg (23%), Charleston (4%) and Covington (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 632 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 572 Fairlea residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 1,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairlea.

572live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

1,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairlea goes to work

Lewisburg3.2 mi away

23%148

Fairlea (in town)right here

9%60

Charleston75.7 mi away

4%25

Covington, VA25.6 mi away

3%17

Beckley38.7 mi away

3%17

White Sulphur Springs8.7 mi away

2%15

Rainelle22.3 mi away

2%12

Ronceverte1.4 mi away

2%12

South Charleston79.1 mi away

1%8

Summersville41.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%313

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

How far

How far Fairlea commutes

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

55%

13%

25%

55%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairlea is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairlea are

1,479 jobs are based in Fairlea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairlea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairlea

1,479 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Fairlea residents hold

632 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−27%

Jobs based in Fairlea, 2013 → 2023: 2,028 → 1,479. 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.