Work & commute · Rainelle

Work & commute in Rainelle, WV

Most working residents leave Rainelle for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Lewisburg (8%), Charleston (7%) and Beckley (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

48 of 441 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 393 Rainelle residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rainelle.

393live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rainelle goes to work

Rainelle (in town)right here

11%48

Lewisburg21.9 mi away

8%37

Charleston53.6 mi away

7%29

Beckley24.9 mi away

4%17

Fairlea22.3 mi away

3%13

Rupert4.8 mi away

2%11

Prosperity24.6 mi away

2%11

Covington, VA44.9 mi away

2%8

Alderson17.9 mi away

1%6

Ronceverte22.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%256

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

How far

How far Rainelle commutes

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

20%

30%

21%

29%

20%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rainelle is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rainelle are

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

Jobs based in Rainelle

757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Rainelle residents hold

441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+40%

Jobs based in Rainelle, 2013 → 2023: 542 → 757. 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.