There are 5.0 jobs in Eskdale for every working resident, and 184 people commute in
Only 3% work in Eskdale itself; outside it, Charleston draws the most (27%, 20 miles). Eskdale has 185 jobs; 37 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers; West Virginia has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Eskdale on a workday
On a workday 36 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 470 people are in Eskdale on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
5.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 Eskdale’s workers come from
Where Eskdale clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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.
Eskdale is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Eskdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Eskdale
of Eskdale workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 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.
The commute from Eskdale, by distance
About 22% 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 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 Eskdale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Eskdale?
30.1%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Eskdale work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (27%, 20 mi), South Charleston (5%, 22 mi), Huntington (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Eskdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 48% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eskdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eskdale
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.