Work & commute · Montcalm

Work & commute in Montcalm, WV

Most working residents leave Montcalm for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (14%), Bluefield (9%) and Welch (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 152 Montcalm residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montcalm.

152live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montcalm goes to work

Princeton8.5 mi away

14%22

Bluefield6.5 mi away

9%13

Welch19.5 mi away

4%6

Beckley29.5 mi away

3%5

Charleston71.9 mi away

3%4

Tazewell, VA20.9 mi away

2%3

Bluefield, VA8.2 mi away

2%3

Wytheville, VA28.9 mi away

2%3

Narrows, VA24.3 mi away

1%2

Oak Hill43.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%89

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

How far

How far Montcalm commutes

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

56%

15%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montcalm is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montcalm are

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

Jobs based in Montcalm

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Montcalm residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+350%

Jobs based in Montcalm, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 18. 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.