Work & commute · Huntington

Work & commute in Huntington, WV

45% of Huntington’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Charleston (6%), Barboursville (5%) and Ashland (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

7,781 of 17,280 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 9,499 Huntington residents head out of town to work, 7,781 work right here, and 24,083 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntington.

9,499live here, work elsewhere

7,781live and work here

24,083work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntington goes to work

Huntington (in town)right here

45%7,781

Charleston43.7 mi away

6%974

Barboursville7.6 mi away

5%807

Ashland, KY11.9 mi away

2%301

Pea Ridge6.2 mi away

1%217

South Charleston39.5 mi away

1%208

Teays Valley27.7 mi away

1%194

Wayne12.5 mi away

1%175

Beckley82.1 mi away

1%166

Kenova8 mi away

1%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%6,304

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

How far

How far Huntington commutes

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

63%

15%

13%

63%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntington is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntington are

31,864 jobs are based in Huntington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntington

31,864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Huntington residents hold

17,280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

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Jobs based in Huntington, 2013 → 2023: 32,976 → 31,864. 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.