Work & commute · Marmet

Work & commute in Marmet, WV

Most working residents leave Marmet for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (40%), South Charleston (6%) and Huntington (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 554 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 542 Marmet residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 400 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marmet.

542live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

400work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marmet goes to work

Charleston7.8 mi away

40%220

South Charleston9.9 mi away

6%34

Marmet (in town)right here

2%12

Huntington47.9 mi away

2%10

Dunbar12.2 mi away

2%9

Beckley39.7 mi away

2%9

Montgomery14.8 mi away

1%8

Teays Valley23.5 mi away

1%8

St. Albans16.1 mi away

1%7

Barboursville40.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%231

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

How far

How far Marmet commutes

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

51%

23%

15%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marmet is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marmet are

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

Jobs based in Marmet

412 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Marmet residents hold

554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−32%

Jobs based in Marmet, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 412. 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.