Work & commute · Teays Valley

Work & commute in Teays Valley, WV

Most working residents leave Teays Valley for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (24%), Huntington (7%) and South Charleston (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

600 of 6,150 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,550 Teays Valley residents head out of town to work, 600 work right here, and 5,607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Teays Valley.

5,550live here, work elsewhere

600live and work here

5,607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Teays Valley goes to work

Charleston17.2 mi away

24%1,455

Teays Valley (in town)right here

10%600

Huntington27.7 mi away

7%455

South Charleston13.7 mi away

6%366

Winfield5.9 mi away

4%226

Hurricane5.3 mi away

3%177

St. Albans7.5 mi away

2%117

Cross Lanes8.2 mi away

1%85

Beckley62.4 mi away

1%84

Barboursville20.3 mi away

1%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,504

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

How far

How far Teays Valley commutes

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

31%

46%

11%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Teays Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Teays Valley are

6,207 jobs are based in Teays Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Teays Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Teays Valley

6,207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Teays Valley residents hold

6,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+8%

Jobs based in Teays Valley, 2013 → 2023: 5,755 → 6,207. 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.