Jobs, income and commuting in Monaville, WV
Only 2% stay in Monaville for work; outside it, Logan is the main destination (9%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers; West Virginia has 9%. Monaville has 54 jobs; 66 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Monaville, and who commutes in
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
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 Monaville’s working residents head each day
Where Monaville clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Monaville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monaville, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 54. 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 Monaville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Monaville
of Monaville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 27% 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.
Monaville’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
Around Monaville: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monaville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaville | – | — | — | — | $54,967 |
| Rossmore | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rossmore: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monaville’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 Monaville: questions
What is the median household income in Monaville?
$54,967 (±$7,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monaville?
11.1%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Monaville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (9%, 3 mi), South Charleston (5%, 39 mi), Stollings (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monaville 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 Monaville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monaville
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.