Otterbein Church · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Cottageville
26 jobs are based in Cottageville, against 42 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 9% for West Virginia as a whole. Hardly any stay in Cottageville for work; outside it, Ripley is the main destination (12%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Cottageville
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.62 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Cottageville work
Where Cottageville clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Cottageville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cottageville, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 26. 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 Cottageville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cottageville
of Cottageville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 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 Cottageville
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 Cottageville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cottageville?
2.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cottageville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ripley (12%, 7 mi), Ravenswood (7%, 7 mi), Parkersburg (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cottageville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cottageville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cottageville
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.