Work & commute · Scarbro

Work & commute in Scarbro, WV

Most working residents leave Scarbro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (13%), Charleston (11%) and Oak Hill (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 170 Scarbro residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scarbro.

170live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scarbro goes to work

Beckley12.1 mi away

13%23

Charleston37.4 mi away

11%18

Oak Hill1.7 mi away

8%14

Fayetteville8.6 mi away

6%10

Morgantown134 mi away

2%4

Parkersburg92.9 mi away

2%3

Baltimore, MD263.1 mi away

1%2

Sophia17.3 mi away

1%2

Pineville31.9 mi away

1%2

Princeton40.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%91

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

How far

How far Scarbro commutes

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

25%

29%

25%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scarbro is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scarbro are

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

Jobs based in Scarbro

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Scarbro residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+2300%

Jobs based in Scarbro, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 72. 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.