Earning a living in Crum
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 9% for West Virginia as a whole. About one in ten stay in Crum for work; outside it, Huntington is the main destination (11%, 35 miles). There are 40 jobs in Crum for 37 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Crum, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 37 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Crum ends
Where Crum clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Crum
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crum, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 40. 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 Crum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Crum
of Crum workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Crum
About 20% 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 Crum: questions
What is the median household income in Crum?
$44,083 (±$34,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crum?
20.3%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Crum work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntington (11%, 35 mi), Beckley (8%, 71 mi), Wayne (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crum
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.