Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Making a living in Chapmanville
Only 8% work in Chapmanville; the top destination outside it is Charleston (10%, 34 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way, about the same as across West Virginia. There are 505 jobs in Chapmanville, against 327 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chapmanville at work: what stands out
Chapmanville is where the jobs are
Chapmanville has 505 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Chapmanville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chapmanville is Charleston, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (34) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Chapmanville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Chapmanville fell from 754 in 2014 to 505 in 2024, −33%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 327 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Chapmanville by day
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 480 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Chapmanville on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.5 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.
How many miles Chapmanville commutes
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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Chapmanville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chapmanville, 2014 → 2024: 754 → 505. 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 Chapmanville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Chapmanville: where workers come from
Where Chapmanville clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
About 27 minutes each way for Chapmanville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chapmanville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 352 commuters (the 7% 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.
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 Chapmanville: questions
What is the median household income in Chapmanville?
$41,369 (±$7,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chapmanville?
23.6%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chapmanville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chapmanville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (10%, 34 mi), South Charleston (6%, 31 mi), Logan (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Chapmanville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chapmanville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chapmanville
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.