Work & commute · Pinch

Work & commute in Pinch, WV

Most working residents leave Pinch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (41%), South Charleston (9%) and St. Albans (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,125 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,111 Pinch residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pinch.

1,111live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pinch goes to work

Charleston9.3 mi away

41%460

South Charleston13.4 mi away

9%96

St. Albans18.6 mi away

2%20

Dunbar14.3 mi away

2%18

Huntington51.8 mi away

1%16

Big Chimney3 mi away

1%16

Pinch (in town)right here

1%14

Beckley47 mi away

1%13

Cross Lanes16.2 mi away

1%11

Elkview1.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%452

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

How far

How far Pinch commutes

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

53%

26%

11%

10%

53%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pinch is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pinch are

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

Jobs based in Pinch

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pinch residents hold

1,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Pinch, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 169. 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.