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Jobs & commute in Verdunville

Verdunville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

For 0% of workers, the job is at home (West Virginia 9%). 22 jobs are based in Verdunville; 155 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Verdunville; the top destination outside it is Logan (8%, 4 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Verdunville on a workday afternoon

On a workday 155 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

155live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night400
Workday260
400live here− 160head out to work+ 22come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Verdunville on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Verdunville work

RussellChapmanville: 7 residents work here (5%)Logan: 12 residents work here (8%)Man: 5 residents work here (3%)WinfieldDunbar: 2 residents work here (1%)Williamson: 3 residents work here (2%)Barboursville: 2 residents work here (1%)MadisonSouth Charleston: 6 residents work here (4%)Huntington: 3 residents work here (2%)Charleston: 11 residents work here (7%)Peach CreekCrooked CreekVerdunvilleAmherstdaleTeays ValleyMount Gay-Shamrock: 8 residents work here (5%)LoganCharlestonMount Gay-ShamrockChapmanvilleSouth CharlestonManVerdunville
1
Logan3.8 mi away
8%12
2
Charleston41.2 mi away
7%11
35%8
4
Chapmanville8.2 mi away
5%7
5
South Charleston38.4 mi away
4%6
6
Man12.5 mi away
3%5
7
Williamson17.1 mi away
2%3
8
Huntington43.4 mi away
2%3
9
Dunbar39.6 mi away
1%2
10
Barboursville40.1 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
62%96
The top trips

Where Verdunville clocks in

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.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Verdunville

Jobs based in VerdunvilleJobs Verdunville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%19%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices100%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%30%
Over $3,333 a month32%53%

Who does it

29 or younger55%27%
30 to 5441%53%
55 and older5%20%
+120%

Jobs based in Verdunville, 2014 → 2024: 10 → 22. 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 Verdunville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Verdunville

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 210 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Verdunville

10 mi25 mi50 miLogan: 8% · 3.8 miCharleston: 7% · 41.2 miMount Gay-Shamrock: 5% · 1.9 miChapmanville: 5% · 8.2 miSouth Charleston: 4% · 38.4 miMan: 3% · 12.5 miWilliamson: 2% · 17.1 miHuntington: 2% · 43.4 miDunbar: 1% · 39.6 miBarboursville: 1% · 40.1 miLogan 8%Charleston 7%Mount Gay-Shamrock 5%Chapmanville 5%South Charleston 4%Verdunville
VerdunvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
35%Under 10 mi55 residents
19%10–24 mi30 residents
27%25–50 mi42 residents
18%Over 50 mi28 residents

About 18% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Verdunville

The biggest share goes to Mount Gay-Shamrock (5%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownVerdunville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Verdunville–———$56,178
Mount Gay-Shamrock5%D−A−17 min$51,740

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Verdunville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Verdunville: questions

What is the median household income in Verdunville?

$56,178 (±$11,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Verdunville?

26.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Verdunville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (8%, 4 mi), Charleston (7%, 41 mi), Mount Gay-Shamrock (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Verdunville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Verdunville

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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.