Work & commute · Mitchell Heights

Work & commute in Mitchell Heights, WV

Most working residents leave Mitchell Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (13%), Charleston (9%) and Mount Gay-Shamrock (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100 Mitchell Heights residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mitchell Heights.

100live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mitchell Heights goes to work

Logan3.9 mi away

13%13

Charleston36 mi away

9%9

Mount Gay-Shamrock4.5 mi away

6%6

Chapmanville4.7 mi away

4%4

South Charleston33.4 mi away

3%3

West Logan2.8 mi away

2%2

Man12.9 mi away

2%2

Barboursville38.3 mi away

2%2

Beckley46 mi away

2%2

Switzer8.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%55

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

How far

How far Mitchell Heights commutes

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

44%

19%

35%

44%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mitchell Heights is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mitchell Heights are

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

Jobs based in Mitchell Heights

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Mitchell Heights residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−53%

Jobs based in Mitchell Heights, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 29. 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.