Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District · Photo: Bestbudbrian · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Garten works elsewhere
Employers in Garten report 5 jobs, and 74 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Garten for work; outside it, Fayetteville is the main destination (20%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where West Virginia as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Garten by day
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38 people are in Garten on a workday afternoon, 64% 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.
The places Garten commutes to
Where Garten clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Garten
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 Garten’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Garten
of Garten workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 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 Garten goes to work
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 Garten: questions
What is the median household income in Garten?
$18,346 (±$6,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garten?
20.6%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Garten work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (20%, 3 mi), Oak Hill (11%, 6 mi), Beckley (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garten 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 Garten, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garten
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.