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Work & commute · Tornado

Work & commute in Tornado, WV

Most working residents leave Tornado for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (28%), South Charleston (10%) and St. Albans (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 510 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 503 Tornado residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tornado.

503live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
118work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tornado goes to work

White Bear LakePrattDunbarSt. AlbansNitroSouth CharlestonBeckleyHuntingtonCharlestonTornadoBeaverCross LanesTeays ValleyCharlestonSouth CharlestonSt. AlbansTeays ValleyBeckleyDunbarNitroCross LanesHuntingtonTornado
1
Charleston12.3 mi away
28%144
2
South Charleston8 mi away
10%52
3
St. Albans4.1 mi away
6%31
4
Teays Valley9.1 mi away
4%21
5
Beckley53.8 mi away
2%12
6
Dunbar7.2 mi away
2%11
7
Nitro6.4 mi away
2%10
8
Cross Lanes9 mi away
2%8
9
Huntington31.8 mi away
1%7
10
Tornado (in town)right here
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%207

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

How far

How far Tornado commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tornado is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tornado are

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

Jobs based in Tornado

125 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)45%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)32%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Tornado residents hold

510 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+160%

Jobs based in Tornado, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 125. 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.

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