Work & commute · Hurricane

Work & commute in Hurricane, WV

Most working residents leave Hurricane for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (19%), Huntington (9%) and Teays Valley (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

185 of 2,994 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,809 Hurricane residents head out of town to work, 185 work right here, and 2,154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hurricane.

2,809live here, work elsewhere

185live and work here

2,154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hurricane goes to work

Charleston21.6 mi away

19%566

Huntington22.6 mi away

9%277

Teays Valley5.3 mi away

8%249

Hurricane (in town)right here

6%185

South Charleston17.7 mi away

5%151

Winfield9.9 mi away

4%121

Barboursville15.1 mi away

2%61

St. Albans11.3 mi away

2%54

Beckley64.9 mi away

1%44

Milton6.4 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,249

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

How far

How far Hurricane commutes

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

28%

53%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hurricane is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hurricane are

2,339 jobs are based in Hurricane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hurricane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hurricane

2,339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hurricane residents hold

2,994 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+12%

Jobs based in Hurricane, 2013 → 2023: 2,090 → 2,339. 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.