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Jobs & commute in Cunard

Earning a living in Cunard

The Census job records count 46 working residents of Cunard and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers have no commute at all; West Virginia has 9%. Hardly any stay in Cunard for work; outside it, Fayetteville is the main destination (20%, 6 miles).

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

Day and night

Who commutes out of Cunard, and who commutes in

On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

46live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night170
Workday120
170live here− 46head out to work+ 0come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Cunard on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Cunard’s working residents head each day

Milton: 1 residents work here (2%)Memphis: 1 residents work here (2%)Rainelle: 1 residents work here (2%)Ronceverte: 1 residents work here (2%)Milton: 1 residents work here (2%)Fayetteville: 9 residents work here (20%)Oak Hill: 3 residents work here (7%)South Charleston: 2 residents work here (4%)Beckley: 7 residents work here (15%)Charleston: 4 residents work here (9%)CunardFayettevilleBeckleyCharlestonOak HillSouth CharlestonMiltonCunard
1
Fayetteville5.8 mi away
20%9
2
Beckley17 mi away
15%7
3
Charleston40.2 mi away
9%4
4
Oak Hill6.7 mi away
7%3
5
South Charleston43.4 mi away
4%2
6
Milton, PA304.8 mi away
2%1
7
Memphis, TN534 mi away
2%1
8
Rainelle14.6 mi away
2%1
9
Ronceverte35.5 mi away
2%1
10
Milton66.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%16
The top trips

Where Cunard 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 Cunard

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 43 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Cunard

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFayetteville: 20% · 5.8 miBeckley: 15% · 17 miCharleston: 9% · 40.2 miOak Hill: 7% · 6.7 miSouth Charleston: 4% · 43.4 miMilton: 2% · 304.8 miMemphis: 2% · 534 miRainelle: 2% · 14.6 miRonceverte: 2% · 35.5 miMilton: 2% · 66.7 miFayetteville 20%Beckley 15%Charleston 9%Oak Hill 7%South Charleston 4%Cunard
CunardTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi15 residents
31%10–24 mi14 residents
18%25–50 mi8 residents
18%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 18% 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 Cunard: questions

What is the poverty rate in Cunard?

0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cunard work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (20%, 6 mi), Beckley (15%, 17 mi), Charleston (9%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cunard without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cunard, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Cunard

Cunard home →

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.