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Jobs & commute in Eccles

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Eccles

Eccles has 114 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 0% of workers (West Virginia 9%). Hardly any work in Eccles itself; outside it, Beckley draws the most (37%, 6 miles).

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

Day and night

Eccles quiets down on a workday

On a workday 114 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

114live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night64
Workday0
64live here− 110head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Eccles on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 the trip to work from Eccles ends

Lexington: 1 residents work here (1%)Bluefield: 1 residents work here (1%)Roanoke: 1 residents work here (1%)Princeton: 3 residents work here (3%)Ripley: 2 residents work here (2%)Fayetteville: 2 residents work here (2%)Oak Hill: 2 residents work here (2%)Beckley: 42 residents work here (37%)Parkersburg: 2 residents work here (2%)EcclesCrab Orchard: 2 residents work here (2%)BeckleyPrincetonRipleyFayettevilleOak HillParkersburgEccles
1
Beckley5.5 mi away
37%42
2
Princeton30.1 mi away
3%3
3
Ripley75.7 mi away
2%2
4
Fayetteville21 mi away
2%2
5
Oak Hill14.1 mi away
2%2
6
Parkersburg103.2 mi away
2%2
7
Crab Orchard3.4 mi away
2%2
8
Lexington, KY175.2 mi away
1%1
9
Bluefield, VA38 mi away
1%1
10
Roanoke, VA79.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%56
The top trips

Where Eccles 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 Eccles

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 41 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 far it is to work from Eccles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBeckley: 37% · 5.5 miPrinceton: 3% · 30.1 miRipley: 2% · 75.7 miFayetteville: 2% · 21 miOak Hill: 2% · 14.1 miParkersburg: 2% · 103.2 miCrab Orchard: 2% · 3.4 miLexington: 1% · 175.2 miBluefield: 1% · 38 miRoanoke: 1% · 79.5 miBeckley 37%Princeton 3%Ripley 2%Fayetteville 2%Oak Hill 2%Eccles
EcclesTop destinations (size = commuters)
57%Under 10 mi65 residents
7%10–24 mi8 residents
19%25–50 mi22 residents
17%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 17% 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 Eccles: questions

What is the poverty rate in Eccles?

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

Where do people who live in Eccles work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beckley (37%, 6 mi), Princeton (3%, 30 mi), Ripley (2%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Eccles

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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.