Work & commute · MacArthur

Work & commute in MacArthur, WV

Most working residents leave MacArthur for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (29%), Charleston (6%) and Prosperity (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 446 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 439 MacArthur residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 539 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in MacArthur.

439live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

539work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where MacArthur goes to work

Beckley2.8 mi away

29%128

Charleston47.6 mi away

6%26

Prosperity6.2 mi away

3%13

Oak Hill15.7 mi away

2%10

Sophia4 mi away

2%9

MacArthur (in town)right here

2%7

Daniels4.4 mi away

1%6

Lewisburg42.6 mi away

1%5

Teays Valley62.2 mi away

1%5

Fayetteville22.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%233

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

How far

How far MacArthur commutes

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

55%

21%

15%

55%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

MacArthur is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in MacArthur are

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

Jobs based in MacArthur

546 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs MacArthur residents hold

446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+49%

Jobs based in MacArthur, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 546. 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.