Switzer has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
58 jobs are based in Switzer for 140 working residents. Hardly any work in Switzer; the top destination outside it is Logan (8%, 4 miles). 0% of workers work from home; West Virginia has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Switzer for work, and who comes in
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58 people are in Switzer on a workday afternoon, 59% 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 people from Switzer work
Where Switzer clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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 Switzer: what the 58 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Switzer, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 58. 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 Switzer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Switzer
of Switzer workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 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 far it is to work from Switzer
About 23% 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.
Switzer and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Switzer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzer | – | — | — | — | — |
| Chauncey | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chauncey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Switzer’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 Switzer: questions
What is the poverty rate in Switzer?
31.4%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Switzer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (8%, 4 mi), Charleston (6%, 43 mi), Mount Gay-Shamrock (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Switzer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 38% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Switzer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Switzer
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.