Work & commute · Mount Carbon

Work & commute in Mount Carbon, WV

Most working residents leave Mount Carbon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (14%), Montgomery (6%) and Beckley (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 122 Mount Carbon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Carbon.

122live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Carbon goes to work

Charleston23.4 mi away

14%17

Montgomery2.6 mi away

6%7

Beckley26.5 mi away

4%5

Fayetteville11.2 mi away

3%4

South Charleston26.6 mi away

3%4

Falls View2.1 mi away

3%4

Dunbar28.9 mi away

2%3

Danville30 mi away

2%2

Parkersburg78.4 mi away

2%2

Bridgeport97.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%73

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

How far

How far Mount Carbon commutes

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

20%

31%

25%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Carbon is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Carbon are

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

Jobs based in Mount Carbon

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Mount Carbon residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−31%

Jobs based in Mount Carbon, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 11. 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.