Work & commute · Summersville

Work & commute in Summersville, WV

About one in 3 of Summersville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charleston (5%), Beckley (5%) and Fayetteville (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

439 of 1,430 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 991 Summersville residents head out of town to work, 439 work right here, and 2,889 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summersville.

991live here, work elsewhere

439live and work here

2,889work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summersville goes to work

Summersville (in town)right here

31%439

Charleston43.1 mi away

5%76

Beckley39.5 mi away

5%68

Fayetteville21.2 mi away

2%22

South Charleston47.3 mi away

1%18

Morgantown105 mi away

1%16

Craigsville10.8 mi away

1%16

Lewisburg40 mi away

1%13

Oak Hill27.7 mi away

1%12

Clay17.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%739

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

How far

How far Summersville commutes

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

41%

10%

27%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summersville is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Summersville are

3,328 jobs are based in Summersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Summersville

3,328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Summersville residents hold

1,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−27%

Jobs based in Summersville, 2013 → 2023: 4,541 → 3,328. 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.