Work & commute · Switzer

Work & commute in Switzer, WV

Most working residents leave Switzer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (8%), Charleston (6%) and Mount Gay-Shamrock (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 140 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 139 Switzer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Switzer.

139live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Switzer goes to work

Logan4.5 mi away

8%11

Charleston43.3 mi away

6%8

Mount Gay-Shamrock4.9 mi away

4%6

Man6.4 mi away

3%4

South Charleston41.1 mi away

2%3

Beckley44.9 mi away

2%3

Bridgeport140.8 mi away

2%3

Huntington49.6 mi away

2%3

Stollings4 mi away

2%3

Williamson17.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%94

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

How far

How far Switzer commutes

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

37%

16%

24%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Switzer is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Switzer are

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

Jobs based in Switzer

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities84%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Switzer residents hold

140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−74%

Jobs based in Switzer, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 58. 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.