Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Jobs and earnings in Glen Ferris, and the trip to work
Working from home is the commute for 100% of workers, next to 9% for West Virginia as a whole. Hardly any stay in Glen Ferris for work; outside it, Charleston is the main destination (13%, 26 miles). Glen Ferris has 29 jobs, against 38 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Glen Ferris on a workday
On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32 people are in Glen Ferris on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 Glen Ferris’ working residents head each day
Where Glen Ferris clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Glen Ferris works in goods: 97% of its jobs
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 Glen Ferris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Glen Ferris
of Glen Ferris workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Glen Ferris to work
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Glen Ferris
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Ferris workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ferris | – | — | — | — | — |
| Gauley Bridge | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gauley Bridge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Ferris’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Glen Ferris: questions
What is the poverty rate in Glen Ferris?
0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Glen Ferris work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (13%, 26 mi), Falls View (11%, 2 mi), Montgomery (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Ferris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Ferris
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.