Work & commute · Oak Hill

Work & commute in Oak Hill, WV

Most working residents leave Oak Hill for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (16%), Fayetteville (9%) and Charleston (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

388 of 3,341 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,953 Oak Hill residents head out of town to work, 388 work right here, and 1,779 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Hill.

2,953live here, work elsewhere

388live and work here

1,779work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Hill goes to work

Beckley13.7 mi away

16%527

Oak Hill (in town)right here

12%388

Fayetteville6.9 mi away

9%304

Charleston36.6 mi away

7%244

South Charleston39.4 mi away

2%57

Prosperity9.5 mi away

1%37

Summersville27.7 mi away

1%36

Princeton41.8 mi away

1%30

Lewisburg41.4 mi away

1%23

Parkersburg91.5 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,672

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

How far

How far Oak Hill commutes

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

29%

31%

22%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Hill is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Hill are

2,167 jobs are based in Oak Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oak Hill

2,167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Oak Hill residents hold

3,341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−32%

Jobs based in Oak Hill, 2013 → 2023: 3,180 → 2,167. 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.