Work & commute · Shady Spring

Work & commute in Shady Spring, WV

Most working residents leave Shady Spring for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (31%), Charleston (3%) and Princeton (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,135 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,108 Shady Spring residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shady Spring.

1,108live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shady Spring goes to work

Beckley7.1 mi away

31%350

Charleston54.4 mi away

3%36

Princeton22 mi away

2%27

Shady Spring (in town)right here

2%27

Beaver4.8 mi away

2%26

Sophia9.1 mi away

2%21

Daniels3.3 mi away

1%16

Prosperity11.9 mi away

1%15

South Charleston56.4 mi away

1%14

Sprague8.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%590

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

How far

How far Shady Spring commutes

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

58%

13%

12%

17%

58%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shady Spring is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shady Spring are

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

Jobs based in Shady Spring

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Shady Spring residents hold

1,135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−43%

Jobs based in Shady Spring, 2013 → 2023: 654 → 371. 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.