Work & commute · Montgomery

Work & commute in Montgomery, WV

Most working residents leave Montgomery for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (22%), South Charleston (6%) and Beckley (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

42 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 345 Montgomery residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montgomery.

345live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montgomery goes to work

Charleston20.8 mi away

22%86

Montgomery (in town)right here

11%42

South Charleston24.2 mi away

6%22

Beckley29 mi away

4%17

Oak Hill16.5 mi away

2%6

Parkersburg76.1 mi away

2%6

Falls View4.6 mi away

2%6

St. Albans30.5 mi away

1%5

Summersville27.1 mi away

1%5

Eskdale8.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%187

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

How far

How far Montgomery commutes

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

20%

38%

20%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montgomery is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Montgomery are

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

Jobs based in Montgomery

690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Montgomery residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−53%

Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 1,473 → 690. 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.