Work & commute · Kanawha

Work & commute in Kanawha, WV

Most working residents leave Kanawha for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (31%), Vienna (5%) and Marietta (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 181 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 180 Kanawha residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kanawha.

180live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kanawha goes to work

Parkersburg6.1 mi away

31%57

Vienna9.1 mi away

5%9

Marietta, OH15.1 mi away

3%5

Belpre, OH8.9 mi away

2%3

St. Marys18.9 mi away

2%3

Ripley29.7 mi away

2%3

Weirton96 mi away

2%3

Spencer28.5 mi away

1%2

Morgantown86 mi away

1%2

South Charleston61.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%92

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

How far

How far Kanawha commutes

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

55%

15%

22%

55%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kanawha is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kanawha are

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

Jobs based in Kanawha

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Kanawha residents hold

181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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.