Photo: Youngamerican · CC BY-SA 3.0Teays Valley has lower unemployment (2.0%) than 85% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Teays Valley A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. About one in ten work in Teays Valley; the top destination outside it is Charleston (24%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Teays Valley
Teays Valley trades workers with the towns around it
Teays Valley has about as many jobs (6,207) as working residents (6,150), but they are mostly different people: 5,550 residents leave for work each day while 5,607 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Teays Valley are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Teays Valley draws workers from far and wide
The 6,207 jobs in Teays Valley are filled from a wide area. Teays Valley’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 23%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Teays Valley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Teays Valley is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #1 of 61 in West Virginia. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Teays Valley could be anywhere from A− to A.
How a workday changes Teays Valley
On a workday 5,550 residents head out to work, 600 work right here, and 5,607 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
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 Teays Valley’s working residents head each day
Where Teays Valley clocks in
24% of workers
7% 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.
What the 6,207 jobs in Teays Valley are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Teays Valley, 2013 → 2023: 5,755 → 6,207. 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 Teays Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Teays Valley: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Teays Valley workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,982 commuters (the 12% 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 commute from Teays Valley, by distance
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.
Most of Teays Valley commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Teays Valley is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #52 of 61 in West Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 6,818 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). 2.3% of Teays Valley households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Teays Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Teays Valley next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000: 446th of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Marlton MD | 10,222 | $109K | 5.5% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| 445 | Bensville MD | 15,848 | $170K | 5.4% | 3.9% | 1% | A |
| 446 | Teays Valley WV | 14,151 | $109K | 5.1% | 2.0% | 10% | A |
| 447 | Chelsea AL | 17,716 | $115K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 448 | Robbinsville Township NJ | 15,958 | $169K | 3.8% | 5.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 584 | Cheat Lake WV | 10,902 | $117K | 6.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,511 | Vienna WV | 10,321 | $60K | 10.2% | 3.5% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,770 | South Charleston WV | 13,072 | $64K | 16.9% | 7.0% | 16% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Teays Valley, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
Teays Valley and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Hurricane (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Teays Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teays Valley | – | A | C+ | 24 min | $108,741 |
| Hurricane | 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $71,167 |
| Nitro | under 2% | C− | A− | 25 min | $53,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Teays Valley’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 Teays Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Teays Valley?
$108,741 (±$9,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Teays Valley?
5.1%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Teays Valley?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Teays Valley work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (24%, 17 mi), Huntington (7%, 28 mi), South Charleston (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Teays Valley walkable?
Teays Valley is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Teays Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Teays Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Teays Valley
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.