Work & commute · Rand

Work & commute in Rand, WV

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 598 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 590 Rand residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rand.

590live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rand goes to work

Charleston5.9 mi away

41%243

South Charleston8.9 mi away

9%51

Huntington47.9 mi away

2%14

Beckley41.4 mi away

2%11

Dunbar11.1 mi away

2%10

Rand (in town)right here

1%8

Barboursville40.5 mi away

1%6

Belle3.6 mi away

1%5

West Dunbar12.1 mi away

1%5

Dupont City1.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%240

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

How far

How far Rand commutes

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

58%

17%

13%

58%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rand is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rand are

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

Jobs based in Rand

251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Rand residents hold

598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+42%

Jobs based in Rand, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 251. 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.