Most of Powellton commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Powellton itself; outside it, Charleston draws the most (17%, 24 miles). Employers in Powellton report 7 jobs, against 138 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, where West Virginia as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Powellton by day and by night
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Powellton on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Powellton’s working residents head each day
Where Powellton clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Powellton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Powellton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Powellton
of Powellton workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 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.
Powellton’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.
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 Powellton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Powellton?
16.5%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Powellton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (17%, 24 mi), Montgomery (11%, 6 mi), South Charleston (9%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Powellton 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 Powellton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powellton
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.