Work & commute · Garten

Work & commute in Garten, WV

Most working residents leave Garten for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (20%), Oak Hill (11%) and Beckley (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 73 Garten residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garten.

73live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garten goes to work

Fayetteville2.8 mi away

20%15

Oak Hill6.3 mi away

11%8

Beckley18.7 mi away

9%7

Charleston37.3 mi away

4%3

Prosperity15.2 mi away

3%2

College Park, MD233.3 mi away

1%1

Montgomery16.5 mi away

1%1

Moorefield134.5 mi away

1%1

St. Albans46.9 mi away

1%1

Lewisburg38.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%34

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

How far

How far Garten commutes

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

47%

26%

14%

47%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garten is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garten are

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

Jobs based in Garten

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Garten residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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.