Jobs, income and commuting in Big Creek, WV
Only 2% stay in Big Creek for work; outside it, Chapmanville is the main destination (8%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 9% across West Virginia. Employers in Big Creek report 97 jobs for 59 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Big Creek
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Big Creek on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Big Creek: where workers come from
Where Big Creek clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Big Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Creek, 2014 → 2024: 266 → 97. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Big Creek
of Big Creek workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Big Creek
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Big Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Big Creek?
0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Creek work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chapmanville (8%, 2 mi), Logan (8%, 11 mi), Mount Gay-Shamrock (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Big Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Big Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.