Work & commute · Richwood

Work & commute in Richwood, WV

Most working residents leave Richwood for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Summersville (14%), Charleston (5%) and Craigsville (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 488 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 445 Richwood residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richwood.

445live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richwood goes to work

Summersville17.1 mi away

14%69

Richwood (in town)right here

9%43

Charleston60 mi away

5%24

Craigsville9.1 mi away

4%20

Beckley46 mi away

2%11

Rainelle21.9 mi away

2%8

Morgantown102.8 mi away

1%5

Lewisburg29.2 mi away

1%4

Washington, DC196 mi away

1%3

Addison (Webster Springs)19 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%298

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

How far

How far Richwood commutes

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

21%

34%

16%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richwood is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richwood are

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

Jobs based in Richwood

258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Richwood residents hold

488 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−81%

Jobs based in Richwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,353 → 258. 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.