Work & commute · Kopperston

Work & commute in Kopperston, WV

Most working residents leave Kopperston for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pineville (12%), Oceana (8%) and Beckley (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Kopperston residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kopperston.

119live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kopperston goes to work

Pineville11.3 mi away

12%14

Oceana4.8 mi away

8%10

Beckley22.8 mi away

7%8

Logan23.6 mi away

3%3

Mullens15.5 mi away

3%3

Huntington65.3 mi away

3%3

Gilbert18.5 mi away

2%2

Man16.7 mi away

2%2

Princeton37.2 mi away

2%2

Morgantown157.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%70

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

How far

How far Kopperston commutes

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

17%

45%

16%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kopperston is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kopperston are

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

Jobs based in Kopperston

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Kopperston residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+429%

Jobs based in Kopperston, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 74. 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.