Work & commute · Ronceverte

Work & commute in Ronceverte, WV

Most working residents leave Ronceverte for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lewisburg (20%), Fairlea (7%) and Charleston (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 661 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 634 Ronceverte residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ronceverte.

634live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

421work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ronceverte goes to work

Lewisburg4.6 mi away

20%134

Fairlea1.4 mi away

7%48

Charleston75.5 mi away

5%30

Ronceverte (in town)right here

4%27

White Sulphur Springs9.9 mi away

3%20

Covington, VA26.6 mi away

3%17

Beckley37.8 mi away

3%17

Union11.8 mi away

1%7

Rainelle22.2 mi away

1%6

Princeton43.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%350

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

How far

How far Ronceverte commutes

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

54%

14%

25%

54%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ronceverte 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 Ronceverte are

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

Jobs based in Ronceverte

448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Ronceverte residents hold

661 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−17%

Jobs based in Ronceverte, 2013 → 2023: 543 → 448. 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.