Ashland Company Store · Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Crumpler
The Census job records count 50 working residents of Crumpler and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 9% across West Virginia. Hardly any work in Crumpler; the top destination outside it is Welch (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Crumpler, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Crumpler on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
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.
Where the trip to work from Crumpler ends
Where Crumpler clocks in
12% of workers
4% 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.
Working from home in Crumpler
of Crumpler workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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.
Where in the region Crumpler works
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Crumpler workers work outside West Virginia. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Crumpler: questions
What is the poverty rate in Crumpler?
57.3%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Crumpler work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Welch (12%, 14 mi), Mullens (4%, 11 mi), Bluefield (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crumpler 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 Crumpler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crumpler
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.