Work & commute · Gauley Bridge

Work & commute in Gauley Bridge, WV

Most working residents leave Gauley Bridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (12%), Montgomery (7%) and South Charleston (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 95 Gauley Bridge residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gauley Bridge.

95live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gauley Bridge goes to work

Charleston26.2 mi away

12%12

Montgomery6 mi away

7%7

South Charleston29.7 mi away

5%5

Falls View3.5 mi away

5%5

Fayetteville9 mi away

4%4

Washington, DC232.3 mi away

2%2

Star City122.3 mi away

2%2

Smithers4.8 mi away

2%2

Gauley Bridge (in town)right here

2%2

Buckhannon77.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%54

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

How far

How far Gauley Bridge commutes

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

33%

17%

23%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gauley Bridge is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gauley Bridge are

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

Jobs based in Gauley Bridge

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month69%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Gauley Bridge residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−69%

Jobs based in Gauley Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 64. 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.