Work & commute · Gilbert

Work & commute in Gilbert, WV

Most working residents leave Gilbert for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Delbarton (6%), Huntington (6%) and Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

9 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 63 Gilbert residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilbert.

63live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilbert goes to work

Gilbert (in town)right here

13%9

Delbarton18.4 mi away

6%4

Huntington63 mi away

6%4

Charleston52.3 mi away

4%3

Logan17.6 mi away

3%2

Princeton45.7 mi away

3%2

South Charleston50.9 mi away

3%2

Mallory8.3 mi away

3%2

Morehead, KY94.8 mi away

1%1

Rich Creek, VA59.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%42

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

How far

How far Gilbert commutes

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

38%

22%

33%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilbert is a job hub

3.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilbert are

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

Jobs based in Gilbert

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Gilbert residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−25%

Jobs based in Gilbert, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 234. 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.