Work & commute · Hico

Work & commute in Hico, WV

Most working residents leave Hico for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (9%), Beckley (8%) and Ansted (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 77 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

—%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 76 Hico residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hico.

76live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hico goes to work

Fayetteville6.4 mi away

9%7

Beckley25.1 mi away

8%6

Ansted5.2 mi away

4%3

Summersville15 mi away

4%3

Charleston37.3 mi away

4%3

Montgomery17.2 mi away

3%2

Marlinton50.7 mi away

3%2

Oak Hill12.7 mi away

3%2

Coraopolis, PA171.8 mi away

1%1

Fincastle, VA75.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%47

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

How far

How far Hico commutes

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

20%

28%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hico is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hico are

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

Jobs based in Hico

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hico residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−44%

Jobs based in Hico, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 101. 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.