Photo: Coal town guy · CC BY-SA 4.0Iaeger has 2.7 jobs for every working resident: 141 people commute in to work
142 jobs are based in Iaeger, against 52 working residents. Only 2% stay in Iaeger for work; outside it, Welch is the main destination (17%, 12 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, 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
A workday in Iaeger: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 51 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 330 people are in Iaeger on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Iaeger’s workforce comes from
Where Iaeger clocks in
17% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Iaeger: what the 142 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iaeger, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 142. 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 Iaeger’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Iaeger
of Iaeger workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 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 distance from Iaeger to work
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 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 Iaeger: questions
What is the median household income in Iaeger?
$36,591 (±$26,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iaeger?
17.8%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Iaeger work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Welch (17%, 12 mi), Pineville (8%, 17 mi), Rich Creek (2%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Iaeger without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Iaeger, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iaeger
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.