Work & commute · Glen White

Work & commute in Glen White, WV

Most working residents leave Glen White for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (19%), South Charleston (8%) and Sophia (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 61 Glen White residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen White.

61live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen White goes to work

Beckley7.1 mi away

19%12

South Charleston48.3 mi away

8%5

Glen White (in town)right here

5%3

Sophia2.1 mi away

3%2

Summersville45.3 mi away

3%2

Parkersburg106.8 mi away

3%2

Charleston46.9 mi away

3%2

Daniels8.2 mi away

3%2

Daphne, AL618.8 mi away

2%1

Florence, KY202.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%32

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

How far

How far Glen White commutes

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

41%

13%

17%

29%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen White is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen White are

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

Jobs based in Glen White

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month9%

Jobs Glen White residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+600%

Jobs based in Glen White, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 91. 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.