Work & commute · Salt Rock

Work & commute in Salt Rock, WV

Most working residents leave Salt Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (34%), Barboursville (11%) and Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 131 Salt Rock residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salt Rock.

131live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salt Rock goes to work

Huntington13.2 mi away

34%45

Barboursville6.9 mi away

11%14

Charleston31.5 mi away

4%5

Ashland, KY25.1 mi away

2%3

Milton8.4 mi away

2%2

Pea Ridge8.5 mi away

2%2

Lesage11.5 mi away

2%2

Belmont, NC224.4 mi away

1%1

Chesapeake, OH14.8 mi away

1%1

Waverly, OH68.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%56

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

How far

How far Salt Rock commutes

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

28%

52%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salt Rock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Salt Rock are

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

Jobs based in Salt Rock

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Salt Rock residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−11%

Jobs based in Salt Rock, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 139. 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.