Work & commute · Pea Ridge

Work & commute in Pea Ridge, WV

Most working residents leave Pea Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (37%), Barboursville (7%) and Charleston (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 2,700 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 2,646 Pea Ridge residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pea Ridge.

2,646live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

920work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pea Ridge goes to work

Huntington6.2 mi away

37%994

Barboursville1.6 mi away

7%192

Charleston37.6 mi away

7%183

Teays Valley21.6 mi away

2%55

Pea Ridge (in town)right here

2%54

Hurricane16.4 mi away

2%41

Lesage5.1 mi away

2%41

Ashland, KY17.8 mi away

1%37

South Charleston33.5 mi away

1%32

Milton10.1 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,040

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

How far

How far Pea Ridge commutes

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

61%

15%

10%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pea Ridge is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pea Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Pea Ridge

974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pea Ridge residents hold

2,700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−11%

Jobs based in Pea Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,100 → 974. 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.