Work & commute · Hinton

Work & commute in Hinton, WV

Most working residents leave Hinton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (11%), Charleston (5%) and Princeton (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

130 of 739 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 609 Hinton residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hinton.

609live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hinton goes to work

Hinton (in town)right here

18%130

Beckley16.8 mi away

11%83

Charleston62 mi away

5%34

Princeton24.2 mi away

2%16

Lewisburg26.5 mi away

2%13

Rainelle20.9 mi away

1%10

South Charleston64.5 mi away

1%9

Beaver15.6 mi away

1%9

Huntington98.7 mi away

1%8

Oak Hill25.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%420

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

How far

How far Hinton commutes

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

26%

37%

13%

24%

26%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hinton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hinton are

1,096 jobs are based in Hinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hinton

1,096 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hinton residents hold

739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+5%

Jobs based in Hinton, 2013 → 2023: 1,040 → 1,096. 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.