Work & commute · Lewisburg

Work & commute in Lewisburg, WV

About one in 4 of Lewisburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fairlea (11%), White Sulphur Springs (3%) and Charleston (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

375 of 1,454 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,079 Lewisburg residents head out of town to work, 375 work right here, and 2,979 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewisburg.

1,079live here, work elsewhere

375live and work here

2,979work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewisburg goes to work

Lewisburg (in town)right here

26%375

Fairlea3.2 mi away

11%163

White Sulphur Springs6.9 mi away

3%46

Charleston75.5 mi away

3%43

Beckley40.2 mi away

3%37

Ronceverte4.6 mi away

2%32

Covington, VA24.2 mi away

2%22

Rainelle21.9 mi away

1%14

Princeton47.6 mi away

1%13

South Charleston78.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%698

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

How far

How far Lewisburg commutes

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

58%

11%

25%

58%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewisburg is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewisburg are

3,354 jobs are based in Lewisburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lewisburg

3,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lewisburg residents hold

1,454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−16%

Jobs based in Lewisburg, 2013 → 2023: 3,990 → 3,354. 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.