Lesage has 2.9 jobs for every working resident: 1,223 people commute in to work
Employers in Lesage report 1,228 jobs, and 425 of its residents work somewhere. Getting around Lesage on foot earns D−. Only 1% work in Lesage; the top destination outside it is Huntington (36%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lesage and work: the main findings
Lesage is where the jobs are
Lesage has 1,228 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,100 people are in town, 60% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Lesage makes and builds things
84% of the jobs based in Lesage are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lesage residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
36% of Lesage works in Huntington
151 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Huntington, 9.8 miles away. That’s 36 times as many as work in Lesage itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 425 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Lesage, and who commutes in
On a workday 420 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 2,100 people are in Lesage on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
84% of the jobs in Lesage make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lesage, 2013 → 2023: 1,318 → 1,228. 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 Lesage’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Lesage: where workers come from
Where Lesage clocks in
36% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Lesage’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lesage workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 commuters (the 15% 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 far Lesage’s workers travel
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.
The commute in Lesage is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lesage is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lesage near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 601 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.9% of Lesage households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lesage’s commuters take a bus or train.
Around Lesage: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lesage workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesage | – | — | D− | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lesage’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 Lesage: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lesage?
34.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lesage?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lesage work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntington (36%, 10 mi), Barboursville (10%, 6 mi), Charleston (7%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lesage walkable?
Lesage is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lesage without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lesage, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lesage
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.