Work & commute · Whitesville

Work & commute in Whitesville, WV

Most working residents leave Whitesville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (14%), South Charleston (7%) and Lake Buena Vista (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Whitesville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitesville.

56live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitesville goes to work

Charleston26.2 mi away

14%8

South Charleston26.9 mi away

7%4

Lake Buena Vista, FL663.4 mi away

2%1

New Iberia, LA805.7 mi away

2%1

Blue Ash, OH177.3 mi away

2%1

Whitesville (in town)right here

2%1

Clay41.3 mi away

2%1

Pineville26.8 mi away

2%1

Marmet18.7 mi away

2%1

Winfield42.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%37

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

How far

How far Whitesville commutes

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

32%

42%

18%

9%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitesville is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitesville are

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

Jobs based in Whitesville

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Whitesville residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+90%

Jobs based in Whitesville, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 110. 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.