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Jobs & commute in Corinne

Where Corinne earns its living

0% of workers have no commute at all (West Virginia 9%). Hardly any stay in Corinne for work; outside it, Pineville is the main destination (16%, 10 miles). The Census job records count 116 working residents of Corinne and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Corinne by day and by night

On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

116live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night810
Workday690
810live here− 120head out to work+ 0come in to work= 690on a workday

About 690 people are in Corinne on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Corinne’s working residents head each day

Sophia: 2 residents work here (2%)Pineville: 18 residents work here (16%)Mullens: 14 residents work here (12%)Princeton: 3 residents work here (3%)Bluefield: 2 residents work here (2%)South Charleston: 2 residents work here (2%)Beckley: 6 residents work here (5%)Huntington: 2 residents work here (2%)Charleston: 7 residents work here (6%)CorinneProsperity: 2 residents work here (2%)PinevilleMullensCharlestonBeckleyPrincetonSophiaCorinne
1
Pineville9.5 mi away
16%18
2
Mullens1.6 mi away
12%14
3
Charleston55.9 mi away
6%7
4
Beckley18 mi away
5%6
5
Princeton20.1 mi away
3%3
6
Sophia11.3 mi away
2%2
7
Bluefield22.7 mi away
2%2
8
South Charleston56.6 mi away
2%2
9
Huntington82.4 mi away
2%2
10
Prosperity20.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%58
The top trips

Where Corinne clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Corinne

Working from home
0%

of Corinne workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Corinne gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 109 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

How many miles Corinne commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPineville: 16% · 9.5 miMullens: 12% · 1.6 miCharleston: 6% · 55.9 miBeckley: 5% · 18 miPrinceton: 3% · 20.1 miSophia: 2% · 11.3 miBluefield: 2% · 22.7 miSouth Charleston: 2% · 56.6 miHuntington: 2% · 82.4 miProsperity: 2% · 20.8 miPineville 16%Mullens 12%Charleston 6%Beckley 5%Princeton 3%Corinne
CorinneTop destinations (size = commuters)
35%Under 10 mi40 residents
37%10–24 mi42 residents
5%25–50 mi6 residents
23%Over 50 mi27 residents

About 23% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Corinne: questions

What is the poverty rate in Corinne?

50.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Corinne work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pineville (16%, 10 mi), Mullens (12%, 2 mi), Charleston (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Corinne 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 Corinne, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Corinne

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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.