Most of Littleton commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Littleton; the top destination outside it is New Martinsville (8%, 19 miles). There are 3 jobs in Littleton, against 36 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where West Virginia as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Littleton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 56 people are in Littleton on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Littleton’s working residents head each day
Where Littleton clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Littleton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Littleton, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 3. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Littleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Littleton
of Littleton workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 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 Littleton
About 36% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Littleton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Littleton?
11.2%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Littleton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Martinsville (8%, 19 mi), Moundsville (8%, 19 mi), Parkersburg (6%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Littleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Littleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Littleton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.