Work & commute · Fayetteville

Work & commute in Fayetteville, WV

Most working residents leave Fayetteville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (13%), Oak Hill (8%) and Charleston (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

208 of 1,245 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,037 Fayetteville residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 1,917 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayetteville.

1,037live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

1,917work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayetteville goes to work

Fayetteville (in town)right here

17%208

Beckley20.3 mi away

13%158

Oak Hill6.9 mi away

8%103

Charleston34.6 mi away

8%98

South Charleston37.9 mi away

2%19

Ansted4.9 mi away

1%16

Summersville21.2 mi away

1%16

Lewisburg41.2 mi away

1%12

Baltimore, MD257.2 mi away

1%11

Sophia25.9 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%594

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

How far

How far Fayetteville commutes

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

36%

26%

20%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayetteville is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayetteville are

2,125 jobs are based in Fayetteville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fayetteville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fayetteville

2,125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Fayetteville residents hold

1,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1%

Jobs based in Fayetteville, 2013 → 2023: 2,112 → 2,125. 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.