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Jobs & commute in Twilight

Jobs and the daily commute in Twilight

The Census job records count 19 working residents of Twilight and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers work from home; West Virginia has 9%. Hardly any work in Twilight; the top destination outside it is South Charleston (26%, 29 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
47.4%
West Virginia 16.7%
Unemployment
48.6%
West Virginia 5.4% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 19 working residents
Work from home
0%
West Virginia 9% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Who works in Twilight, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

19live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night97
Workday78
97live here− 19head out to work+ 0come in to work= 78on a workday

About 78 people are in Twilight on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Twilight ends

Whitesville: 1 residents work here (5%)Montgomery: 1 residents work here (5%)St. Albans: 1 residents work here (5%)South Charleston: 5 residents work here (26%)Beckley: 1 residents work here (5%)Parkersburg: 1 residents work here (5%)Charleston: 3 residents work here (16%)TwilightVan: 1 residents work here (5%)Prosperity: 1 residents work here (5%)Sissonville: 1 residents work here (5%)South CharlestonCharlestonWhitesvilleMontgomerySt. AlbansBeckleyTwilight
1
South Charleston29.2 mi away
26%5
2
Charleston29.3 mi away
16%3
3
Whitesville5.8 mi away
5%1
4
Montgomery23.5 mi away
5%1
5
St. Albans33.2 mi away
5%1
6
Beckley26.9 mi away
5%1
7
Parkersburg92.4 mi away
5%1
8
Van6.4 mi away
5%1
9
Prosperity23.6 mi away
5%1
10
Sissonville39.7 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
16%3
The top trips

Where Twilight clocks in

26% of workers
29.2 mi awaySouth Charleston5 Twilight residents work here · Jobs & commute →
16% of workers
29.3 mi awayCharleston3 Twilight residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
5.8 mi awayWhitesville1 Twilight residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Twilight

Working from home
0%

of Twilight workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Twilight gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 18 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Twilight

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSouth Charleston: 26% · 29.2 miCharleston: 16% · 29.3 miWhitesville: 5% · 5.8 miMontgomery: 5% · 23.5 miSt. Albans: 5% · 33.2 miBeckley: 5% · 26.9 miParkersburg: 5% · 92.4 miVan: 5% · 6.4 miProsperity: 5% · 23.6 miSissonville: 5% · 39.7 miSouth Charleston 26%Charleston 16%Whitesville 5%Montgomery 5%St. Albans 5%Twilight
TwilightTop destinations (size = commuters)
11%Under 10 mi2 residents
21%10–24 mi4 residents
63%25–50 mi12 residents
5%Over 50 mi1 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Twilight: questions

What is the poverty rate in Twilight?

47.4%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Twilight work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Charleston (26%, 29 mi), Charleston (16%, 29 mi), Whitesville (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Twilight without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Twilight, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Twilight

Twilight home →
HandbookGetting around TwilightRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in WVShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.