Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5A job hub: Sutton has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 624 people come in to work
657 jobs are based in Sutton for 289 working residents. About one in ten work in Sutton itself; outside it, Gassaway draws the most (4%, 3 miles). 19% of workers work from home, next to 9% for West Virginia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sutton: the gist
Sutton is where the jobs are
Sutton has 657 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 45% more than the 810 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Sutton are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical West Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 289 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Sutton
On a workday 256 residents head out to work and 33 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Sutton on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Half of Sutton commutes less than 29 miles
About 36% 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Sutton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sutton workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 19% 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 Sutton’s workers come from
Where Sutton clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Sutton: what the 657 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sutton, 2013 → 2023: 994 → 657. 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 Sutton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Sutton: questions
What is the median household income in Sutton?
$42,817 (±$4,817) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sutton?
25.4%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sutton?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sutton work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gassaway (4%, 3 mi), Bridgeport (4%, 51 mi), Summersville (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sutton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sutton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sutton
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.