Work & commute · Mount Hope

Work & commute in Mount Hope, WV

Most working residents leave Mount Hope for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (20%), Fayetteville (6%) and Charleston (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 551 Mount Hope residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Hope.

551live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Hope goes to work

Beckley8.6 mi away

20%110

Fayetteville12.1 mi away

6%31

Charleston40 mi away

5%29

Oak Hill5.3 mi away

4%23

Prosperity4.3 mi away

3%19

Mount Hope (in town)right here

2%9

South Charleston42.4 mi away

1%8

MacArthur10.4 mi away

1%8

Beaver11.4 mi away

1%7

Princeton36.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%310

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

How far

How far Mount Hope commutes

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

44%

12%

21%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Hope is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Hope are

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

Jobs based in Mount Hope

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Mount Hope residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−64%

Jobs based in Mount Hope, 2013 → 2023: 438 → 156. 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.