Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Parcoal
Home is the office for 0% of workers; West Virginia has 9%. Only 2% work in Parcoal itself; outside it, Addison (Webster Springs) draws the most (24%, 2 miles). 36 jobs are based in Parcoal, and 41 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Parcoal, and who commutes in
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7 people are in Parcoal on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 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 people from Parcoal work
Where Parcoal clocks in
24% 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.
Parcoal is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parcoal, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 36. 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 Parcoal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Parcoal
of Parcoal workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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.
The distance from Parcoal to work
About 37% 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.
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 Parcoal: questions
What is the poverty rate in Parcoal?
0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Parcoal work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Addison (Webster Springs) (24%, 2 mi), South Charleston (5%, 73 mi), White Hall (2%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parcoal 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 Parcoal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parcoal
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.