Chelyan has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Chelyan report 99 jobs, and 192 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Chelyan itself; outside it, Charleston draws the most (36%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 9% across West Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Chelyan
On a workday 192 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Chelyan on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Chelyan work
Where Chelyan clocks in
36% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Chelyan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chelyan, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 99. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chelyan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Chelyan
of Chelyan workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 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.
How far it is to work from Chelyan
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
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 2023, 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 Chelyan: questions
What is the median household income in Chelyan?
$34,175 (±$24,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chelyan?
62.6%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Chelyan work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (36%, 13 mi), South Charleston (9%, 16 mi), St. Albans (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chelyan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chelyan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chelyan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.