Photo: Coal town guy · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Kistler commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Kistler has 23 jobs, and 95 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Kistler itself; outside it, Logan draws the most (12%, 10 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
The workday shuffle in and out of Kistler
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Kistler on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where Kistler’s working residents head each day
Where Kistler clocks in
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Kistler
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kistler, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 23. 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 Kistler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kistler’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kistler workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kistler
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.
How Kistler compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Man (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kistler workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kistler | – | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Accoville | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Man | 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Accoville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Man: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kistler’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 Kistler: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kistler?
7.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kistler?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kistler work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (12%, 10 mi), Man (4%, 2 mi), South Charleston (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kistler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kistler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kistler
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.