Work & commute · Malden

Work & commute in Malden, WV

Most working residents leave Malden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (38%), South Charleston (7%) and Beckley (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 169 Malden residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malden.

169live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malden goes to work

Charleston5.2 mi away

38%64

South Charleston8.7 mi away

7%12

Beckley42.4 mi away

4%6

Huntington48.1 mi away

3%5

Dupont City2.4 mi away

3%5

St. Albans15.1 mi away

2%4

Barboursville40.6 mi away

2%3

Weirton155.2 mi away

2%3

Belle4.7 mi away

1%2

Dunbar10.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%63

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

How far

How far Malden commutes

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

59%

12%

14%

16%

59%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malden is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Malden are

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

Jobs based in Malden

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Malden residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−72%

Jobs based in Malden, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 37. 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.