Work & commute · Ripley

Work & commute in Ripley, WV

About one in 5 of Ripley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charleston (14%), Parkersburg (4%) and South Charleston (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

277 of 1,256 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 979 Ripley residents head out of town to work, 277 work right here, and 2,686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ripley.

979live here, work elsewhere

277live and work here

2,686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ripley goes to work

Ripley (in town)right here

22%277

Charleston32.9 mi away

14%179

Parkersburg31.7 mi away

4%45

South Charleston33.2 mi away

3%33

Ravenswood9.7 mi away

2%30

Spencer19.3 mi away

1%13

Dunbar31.3 mi away

1%13

Morgantown109.9 mi away

1%12

Nitro28.8 mi away

1%11

Bridgeport85.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%632

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

How far

How far Ripley commutes

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

36%

10%

37%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ripley is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ripley are

2,963 jobs are based in Ripley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ripley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ripley

2,963 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Ripley residents hold

1,256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 3,101 → 2,963. 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.