Fenwick has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Fenwick; the top destination outside it is Charleston (13%, 58 miles). Fenwick has 1 jobs; 16 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fenwick on a workday afternoon
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1 people are in Fenwick on a workday afternoon, 94% fewer than live here.
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 Fenwick ends
Where Fenwick clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Fenwick
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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fenwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Fenwick, by distance
About 47% 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 Fenwick: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fenwick?
0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fenwick work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (13%, 58 mi), Blacksburg (6%, 70 mi), Danville (6%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fenwick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fenwick
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.