Work & commute · Prichard

Work & commute in Prichard, WV

Most working residents leave Prichard for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (28%), Louisa (6%) and Charleston (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 160 Prichard residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 590 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prichard.

160live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

590work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prichard goes to work

Huntington15.1 mi away

28%49

Prichard (in town)right here

9%16

Louisa, KY8.7 mi away

6%11

Charleston53.2 mi away

6%10

Wayne8.8 mi away

3%5

Ashland, KY15.5 mi away

2%4

Kenova11.5 mi away

2%4

Barboursville20.4 mi away

2%4

Ceredo11.4 mi away

2%3

Hurricane34.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%67

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

How far

How far Prichard commutes

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

23%

48%

11%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prichard is a job hub

3.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Prichard are

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

Jobs based in Prichard

606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Prichard residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1920%

Jobs based in Prichard, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 606. 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.