Work & commute · Hilltop

Work & commute in Hilltop, WV

Most working residents leave Hilltop for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (12%), Oak Hill (12%) and Charleston (12%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 196 Hilltop residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hilltop.

196live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hilltop goes to work

Beckley11.5 mi away

12%24

Oak Hill2.3 mi away

12%23

Charleston38.5 mi away

12%23

Fayetteville9 mi away

5%9

South Charleston41.1 mi away

2%4

Hilltop (in town)right here

2%4

Buckhannon88.3 mi away

2%3

Bridgeport106.3 mi away

2%3

Sophia16.9 mi away

1%2

Montgomery18.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%103

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

How far

How far Hilltop commutes

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

35%

18%

24%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hilltop is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hilltop are

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

Jobs based in Hilltop

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hilltop residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−21%

Jobs based in Hilltop, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 140. 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.