Work & commute · Point Pleasant

Work & commute in Point Pleasant, WV

About one in 5 of Point Pleasant’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Green (6%), Huntington (5%) and Charleston (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

304 of 1,476 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,172 Point Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 1,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Pleasant.

1,172live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

1,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Pleasant goes to work

Point Pleasant (in town)right here

21%304

Green, OH8.4 mi away

6%88

Huntington34.5 mi away

5%77

Charleston43.9 mi away

5%74

Gallipolis, OH3.8 mi away

4%61

Mason12.7 mi away

2%24

Barboursville31.9 mi away

1%19

Apple Grove12.9 mi away

1%19

New Haven13 mi away

1%16

Teays Valley30 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%779

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

How far

How far Point Pleasant commutes

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

45%

17%

27%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Pleasant are

1,758 jobs are based in Point Pleasant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Point Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Point Pleasant

1,758 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Point Pleasant residents hold

1,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−20%

Jobs based in Point Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 2,209 → 1,758. 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.