Most of Mabscott commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Mabscott are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 55 jobs are based in Mabscott, and 417 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Mabscott is behind 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mabscott, in brief
Mabscott is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Mabscott, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mabscott has about 900 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mabscott and Beckley trade workers both ways
Beckley is the top workplace for Mabscott residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Mabscott come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Mabscott residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 417 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Mabscott’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mabscott is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Mabscott’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Mabscott’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mabscott could be anywhere from D to B.
How a workday changes Mabscott
On a workday 416 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Mabscott on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
34% of working residents work in Beckley
Where Mabscott clocks in
34% 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.
How far Mabscott goes to work
About 17% 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.
75% of the jobs in Mabscott pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mabscott, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 55. 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 Mabscott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mabscott: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mabscott workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 447 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most trips from Mabscott start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mabscott is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mabscott 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 485 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). 11.9% of Mabscott households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mabscott’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mabscott is 2,929th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 633 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 805 | Barrackville WV | 1,196 | $79K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 953 | Coal Fork WV | 1,423 | $70K | 2.3% | 29.5% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | Tiffin Township OH | 1,582 | $77K | 15.6% | 5.9% | 1% | C |
| 2,928 | Dysart IA | 1,268 | $68K | 12.3% | 2.4% | 8% | C |
| 2,929 | Mabscott WV | 1,259 | $58K | 16.7% | 5.6% | <1% | C |
| 2,930 | Verona Township MI | 1,184 | $60K | 8.4% | 0.7% | 5% | C |
| 2,931 | Kincaid IL | 1,310 | $65K | 15.5% | 9.5% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mabscott, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
The towns next door employ 36% of Mabscott
The biggest share goes to Beckley (34%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Mabscott’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 Mabscott: questions
What is the median household income in Mabscott?
$57,813 (±$18,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mabscott?
16.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mabscott?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mabscott work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beckley (34%, 3 mi), Charleston (4%, 46 mi), Prosperity (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mabscott walkable?
Mabscott is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mabscott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mabscott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mabscott
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.