Work & commute · Ravenswood

Work & commute in Ravenswood, WV

Most working residents leave Ravenswood for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Ripley (10%), Parkersburg (8%) and Charleston (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

174 of 1,284 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,110 Ravenswood residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravenswood.

1,110live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravenswood goes to work

Ravenswood (in town)right here

14%174

Ripley9.7 mi away

10%123

Parkersburg24.1 mi away

8%101

Charleston42.6 mi away

8%99

South Charleston42.6 mi away

2%21

Morgantown107.9 mi away

1%13

Beckley88 mi away

1%12

Dunbar40.6 mi away

1%11

Teays Valley36.2 mi away

1%10

Huntington52.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%711

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

How far

How far Ravenswood commutes

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

38%

16%

26%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravenswood is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravenswood are

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

Jobs based in Ravenswood

875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Ravenswood residents hold

1,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−16%

Jobs based in Ravenswood, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 875. 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.