With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Raysal works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Raysal for work; outside it, Welch is the main destination (15%, 12 miles). 5 jobs are based in Raysal; 78 of its residents have a job. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (West Virginia 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Raysal for work, and who comes in
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 89 people are in Raysal on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
The places Raysal commutes to
Where Raysal clocks in
15% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
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 Raysal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Raysal
of Raysal workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 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.
Where in the region Raysal works
About 28% 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 Raysal: questions
What is the poverty rate in Raysal?
35.2%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Raysal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Welch (15%, 12 mi), Beckley (5%, 45 mi), Roanoke (3%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Raysal without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Raysal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Raysal
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.