Work & commute · Sissonville

Work & commute in Sissonville, WV

Most working residents leave Sissonville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (37%), South Charleston (8%) and St. Albans (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 1,601 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,542 Sissonville residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 849 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sissonville.

1,542live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

849work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sissonville goes to work

Charleston10.5 mi away

37%594

South Charleston11.9 mi away

8%121

Sissonville (in town)right here

4%59

St. Albans13.3 mi away

2%37

Dunbar10.7 mi away

2%32

Huntington44 mi away

2%28

Nitro11.4 mi away

2%27

Teays Valley16.4 mi away

2%27

Cross Lanes8.9 mi away

2%26

Beckley56.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%636

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

How far

How far Sissonville commutes

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

38%

43%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sissonville is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sissonville are

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

Jobs based in Sissonville

908 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sissonville residents hold

1,601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−9%

Jobs based in Sissonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,003 → 908. 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.