Work & commute · Kenova

Work & commute in Kenova, WV

Most working residents leave Kenova for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (32%), Charleston (5%) and Ashland (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 977 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 889 Kenova residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 1,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenova.

889live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

1,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenova goes to work

Huntington8 mi away

32%311

Kenova (in town)right here

9%88

Charleston51.6 mi away

5%48

Ashland, KY5.2 mi away

4%35

Ceredo2 mi away

3%31

Wayne14.1 mi away

2%18

Barboursville15.5 mi away

2%15

South Charleston47.4 mi away

1%14

Beckley88.6 mi away

1%11

Prichard11.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%398

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

How far

How far Kenova commutes

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

56%

17%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenova is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenova are

1,217 jobs are based in Kenova. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenova’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenova

1,217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Kenova residents hold

977 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−27%

Jobs based in Kenova, 2013 → 2023: 1,677 → 1,217. 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.