Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Ronceverte has lower household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Ronceverte for work; outside it, Lewisburg is the main destination (20%, 5 miles). Below the poverty line: 25.9% of residents, against 16.7% across West Virginia. The two grades for Ronceverte are D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ronceverte stands out on work
The four measures behind Ronceverte’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ronceverte is better than 3% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Ronceverte’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($41,889, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Ronceverte’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ronceverte could be anywhere from D− to D.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Ronceverte
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ronceverte workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 commuters (the 5% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Ronceverte
On a workday 634 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Ronceverte on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Ronceverte’s working residents head each day
Where Ronceverte clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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: 33% of the jobs in Ronceverte
448 jobs are based in Ronceverte.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ronceverte, 2013 → 2023: 543 → 448. 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 Ronceverte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Ronceverte
About 25% 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.
Ronceverte is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ronceverte is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.5% across West Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 595 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Ronceverte households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ronceverte’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ronceverte next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 872 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,109 | Barrackville WV | 1,196 | $79K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,302 | Coal Fork WV | 1,423 | $70K | 2.3% | 29.5% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,894 | Linden TX | 1,809 | $44K | 32.1% | 5.8% | 14% | D− |
| 5,895 | Harrisville WV | 1,511 | $48K | 25.1% | 2.1% | 18% | D− |
| 5,896 | Ronceverte WV | 1,492 | $42K | 25.9% | 7.8% | 4% | D− |
| 5,897 | Grantsburg WI | 1,374 | $35K | 20.0% | 1.8% | 30% | D− |
| 5,898 | Posey Township IN | 1,872 | $43K | 23.7% | 0.0% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ronceverte, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
Next door to Ronceverte
The biggest share goes to Fairlea (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ronceverte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronceverte | – | D− | C− | 19 min | $41,889 |
| Fairlea | 7% | D− | C+ | 22 min | $24,411 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ronceverte’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 Ronceverte: questions
What is the median household income in Ronceverte?
$41,889 (±$3,203) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ronceverte?
25.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ronceverte?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ronceverte work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewisburg (20%, 5 mi), Fairlea (7%, 1 mi), Charleston (5%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ronceverte walkable?
Ronceverte is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ronceverte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ronceverte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ronceverte
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.