Work & commute · Sutton

Work & commute in Sutton, WV

Most working residents leave Sutton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Gassaway (4%), Bridgeport (4%) and Summersville (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

33 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 256 Sutton residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sutton.

256live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sutton goes to work

Sutton (in town)right here

11%33

Gassaway3.1 mi away

4%13

Bridgeport50.6 mi away

4%11

Summersville27.2 mi away

3%8

Morgantown78.6 mi away

3%8

Weston29 mi away

2%5

Charleston54.4 mi away

2%5

Fairmont63.6 mi away

1%4

Kingwood78.4 mi away

1%3

Buckhannon34.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%196

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

How far

How far Sutton commutes

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

39%

20%

36%

39%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sutton is a job hub

2.27jobs 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 Sutton are

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

Jobs based in Sutton

657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Sutton residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−34%

Jobs based in Sutton, 2013 → 2023: 994 → 657. 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.