Work & commute · Valley Head

Work & commute in Valley Head, WV

Most working residents leave Valley Head for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Elkins (21%), Charleston (6%) and Beverly (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 70 Valley Head residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Head.

70live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Head goes to work

Elkins27.7 mi away

21%15

Charleston87.7 mi away

6%4

Beverly22.3 mi away

4%3

Marlinton22.5 mi away

3%2

Philippi41.5 mi away

3%2

Perryville, MD224.3 mi away

1%1

Smithfield, PA87.5 mi away

1%1

Canonsburg, PA118.9 mi away

1%1

Townsend, TN285.2 mi away

1%1

Newport News, VA216.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%39

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

How far

How far Valley Head commutes

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

16%

17%

36%

30%

16%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Head is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Head are

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

Jobs based in Valley Head

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Valley Head residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−88%

Jobs based in Valley Head, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 2. 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.