Work & commute · Oakvale

Work & commute in Oakvale, WV

Most working residents leave Oakvale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (16%), Beckley (4%) and Wilkesboro (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 49 Oakvale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakvale.

49live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakvale goes to work

Princeton7.2 mi away

16%8

Beckley32.2 mi away

4%2

Wilkesboro, NC83 mi away

2%1

Rich Creek, VA9.2 mi away

2%1

Pearisburg, VA13.5 mi away

2%1

Marion, VA45.4 mi away

2%1

Rainelle45.1 mi away

2%1

Hinton24.2 mi away

2%1

Williamson75 mi away

2%1

St. Albans85.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%31

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

How far

How far Oakvale commutes

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

57%

11%

20%

57%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakvale is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakvale are

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

Jobs based in Oakvale

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Oakvale residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−93%

Jobs based in Oakvale, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 1. 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.