Work & commute · Gatewood

Work & commute in Gatewood, WV

Most working residents leave Gatewood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (19%), Oak Hill (10%) and Beckley (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 142 Gatewood residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gatewood.

142live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gatewood goes to work

Fayetteville4.8 mi away

19%27

Oak Hill5.6 mi away

10%14

Beckley16.9 mi away

8%12

Summersville22.9 mi away

4%6

Ansted9.3 mi away

4%5

Charleston38.9 mi away

3%4

Teays Valley55.8 mi away

2%3

Sophia23 mi away

1%2

Lewisburg37.3 mi away

1%2

South Charleston42.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%65

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

How far

How far Gatewood commutes

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

38%

27%

11%

24%

38%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gatewood is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gatewood are

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

Jobs based in Gatewood

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Gatewood residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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.