Work & commute · Kermit

Work & commute in Kermit, WV

Most working residents leave Kermit for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Williamson (7%), Pikeville (4%) and Beckley (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 69 Kermit residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kermit.

69live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kermit goes to work

Williamson13.8 mi away

7%5

Kermit (in town)right here

5%4

Pikeville, KY26.1 mi away

4%3

Beckley68.2 mi away

4%3

Huntington39.3 mi away

4%3

Delbarton15.4 mi away

3%2

Milton43.6 mi away

3%2

South Charleston51.2 mi away

3%2

Cannonsburg, KY40.4 mi away

3%2

Nicholasville, KY117.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%46

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

How far

How far Kermit commutes

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

18%

29%

25%

18%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kermit is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kermit are

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

Jobs based in Kermit

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Kermit residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−46%

Jobs based in Kermit, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 88. 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.