Work & commute · Institute

Work & commute in Institute, WV

Most working residents leave Institute for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (32%), South Charleston (6%) and Dunbar (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 178 Institute residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 389 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Institute.

178live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

389work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Institute goes to work

Charleston7.5 mi away

32%59

South Charleston4 mi away

6%12

Dunbar1.7 mi away

5%9

Institute (in town)right here

5%9

Huntington36.3 mi away

3%6

Teays Valley9.8 mi away

3%6

Nitro3.2 mi away

3%5

Beckley53.2 mi away

2%4

Cross Lanes4.2 mi away

2%3

Buckhannon93.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%72

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

How far

How far Institute commutes

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

68%

11%

12%

68%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Institute is a job hub

2.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Institute are

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

Jobs based in Institute

398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Institute residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−64%

Jobs based in Institute, 2013 → 2023: 1,108 → 398. 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.