Wyoming County Courthouse and Jail · Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 3.0 usPineville draws 1,256 commuters a day, with 8.9 jobs for every working resident
For 3% of workers, the job is at home (West Virginia 9%). Employers in Pineville report 1,275 jobs, against 143 working residents. About one in seven work in Pineville itself; outside it, Charleston draws the most (6%, 53 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pineville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 124 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Pineville on a workday afternoon, 171% 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 towns that send workers to Pineville
Where Pineville clocks in
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Pineville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pineville, 2013 → 2023: 954 → 1,275. 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 Pineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 15 minutes each way for Pineville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pineville workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 3% 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 Pineville goes to work
About 31% 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 Pineville: questions
What is the median household income in Pineville?
$56,528 (±$32,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pineville?
13.2%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pineville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pineville work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (6%, 53 mi), Welch (5%, 12 mi), Brenton (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pineville 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 Pineville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pineville
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.