Work & commute · Lesage

Work & commute in Lesage, WV

Most working residents leave Lesage for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (36%), Barboursville (10%) and Charleston (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 420 Lesage residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 1,223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lesage.

420live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

1,223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lesage goes to work

Huntington9.8 mi away

36%151

Barboursville5.6 mi away

10%42

Charleston36.5 mi away

7%29

Ashland, KY19.7 mi away

1%5

Pea Ridge5.1 mi away

1%5

Culloden12.4 mi away

1%5

Lesage (in town)right here

1%5

Teays Valley19.5 mi away

1%5

South Charleston32.5 mi away

1%4

Parkersburg66.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%170

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

How far

How far Lesage commutes

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

54%

20%

16%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lesage is a job hub

2.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lesage are

1,228 jobs are based in Lesage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lesage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lesage

1,228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Lesage residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−7%

Jobs based in Lesage, 2013 → 2023: 1,318 → 1,228. 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.