Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How Kermit works: jobs, income and commuting
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (West Virginia 9%). Only 5% work in Kermit itself; outside it, Williamson draws the most (7%, 14 miles). Employers in Kermit report 88 jobs, and 73 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Kermit for work, and who comes in
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 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.
The towns that employ Kermit’s residents
Where Kermit clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 Kermit’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kermit, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 88. 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 Kermit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kermit
of Kermit workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 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.
Miles to work from Kermit
About 25% 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.
Around Kermit: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kermit workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit | – | — | — | — | $35,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kermit’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 Kermit: questions
What is the median household income in Kermit?
$35,750 (±$20,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kermit?
32.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kermit work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamson (7%, 14 mi), Pikeville (4%, 26 mi), Beckley (4%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kermit without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kermit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kermit
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.