Work & commute · Nitro

Work & commute in Nitro, WV

Most working residents leave Nitro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (26%), South Charleston (6%) and Teays Valley (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,652 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,528 Nitro residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 2,489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nitro.

2,528live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

2,489work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nitro goes to work

Charleston10.5 mi away

26%702

South Charleston7.2 mi away

6%168

Nitro (in town)right here

5%124

Teays Valley6.8 mi away

4%108

Cross Lanes2.7 mi away

3%88

St. Albans2.4 mi away

3%79

Dunbar4.8 mi away

3%68

Huntington33.9 mi away

2%65

Beckley56.4 mi away

2%44

Hurricane11.4 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,172

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

How far

How far Nitro commutes

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

42%

36%

10%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nitro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nitro are

2,613 jobs are based in Nitro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nitro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nitro

2,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Nitro residents hold

2,652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−20%

Jobs based in Nitro, 2013 → 2023: 3,262 → 2,613. 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.