E. E. Hutton House · Photo: Gibsondescom · CC BY-SA 4.0Huttonsville draws 117 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Huttonsville; the top destination outside it is Elkins (20%, 16 miles). There are 118 jobs in Huttonsville for 49 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes (West Virginia 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Huttonsville, and who commutes in
On a workday 48 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 220 people are in Huttonsville on a workday afternoon, 45% more 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.
Commuting in to Huttonsville: where workers come from
Where Huttonsville clocks in
20% 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.
What Huttonsville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huttonsville, 2013 → 2023: 476 → 118. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Huttonsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Huttonsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huttonsville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Huttonsville commutes
About 38% 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 Huttonsville: questions
What is the median household income in Huttonsville?
$36,125 (±$23,613) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huttonsville?
60.4%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huttonsville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huttonsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkins (20%, 16 mi), Parkersburg (6%, 92 mi), Charleston (6%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Huttonsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huttonsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huttonsville
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.