Work, pay and getting to work in Shrewsbury
There are 110 jobs in Shrewsbury for 158 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 9% for West Virginia as a whole. Hardly any work in Shrewsbury itself; outside it, Charleston draws the most (25%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shrewsbury by day and by night
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Shrewsbury on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.70 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Shrewsbury work
Where Shrewsbury clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Shrewsbury
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shrewsbury, 2014 → 2024: 305 → 110. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shrewsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Shrewsbury
of Shrewsbury workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 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.
How many miles Shrewsbury commutes
About 19% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Shrewsbury: questions
What is the median household income in Shrewsbury?
$48,818 (±$5,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shrewsbury?
0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Shrewsbury work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (25%, 13 mi), South Charleston (7%, 16 mi), Beckley (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Shrewsbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shrewsbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shrewsbury
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.