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
5%
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

CovingtonRupertAldersonRainelleRonceverteWhite Sulphur SpringsPrincetonLewisburgOak HillSouth CharlestonBeckleyCharlestonFairleaFairleaWhite Sulphur SpringsCharlestonBeckleyRonceverteCovingtonRainellePrincetonSouth CharlestonLewisburg
1
Lewisburg (in town)right here
26%375
2
Fairlea3.2 mi away
11%163
33%46
4
Charleston75.5 mi away
3%43
5
Beckley40.2 mi away
3%37
6
Ronceverte4.6 mi away
2%32
7
Covington, VA24.2 mi away
2%22
8
Rainelle21.9 mi away
1%14
9
Princeton47.6 mi away
1%13
10
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%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.

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