Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY-SA 3.0Man has 2.6 jobs for every working resident: 467 people commute in to work
Only 4% work in Man; the top destination outside it is Logan (8%, 10 miles). 474 jobs are based in Man, against 185 working residents. The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, next to 27 for West Virginia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Man on a workday
On a workday 178 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Man on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
The daily trip into Man
Where Man clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 Man
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Man, 2013 → 2023: 1,312 → 474. 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 Man’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Man
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Man workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 315 commuters (the 5% 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 it is to work from Man
About 22% 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.
Man and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Man workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man | – | — | — | 26 min | $60,000 |
| Mallory | under 2% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $101,546 |
| Earling | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Kistler | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Earling and Kistler: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Man’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 Man: questions
What is the median household income in Man?
$60,000 (±$30,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Man?
12.5%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Man?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Man work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (8%, 10 mi), Charleston (5%, 44 mi), Huntington (3%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Man without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Man, from the people who make the trip.
More of Man
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.