Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0West Logan has 5.9 jobs for every working resident: 502 people commute in to work
Only 2% work in West Logan; the top destination outside it is Charleston (9%, 38 miles). West Logan has 504 jobs for 86 working residents. Working residents average 33 minutes each way, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in West Logan by day
On a workday 84 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 790 people are in West Logan on a workday afternoon, 113% 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.
The daily trip into West Logan
Where West Logan clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 89% of the jobs in West Logan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Logan, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 504. 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 West Logan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long West Logan spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Logan workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 179 commuters (the 8% 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.
Miles to work from West Logan
About 15% 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.
Work in the towns next to West Logan
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Logan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Logan | – | — | — | 33 min | $44,896 |
| Peach Creek | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peach Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Logan’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 West Logan: questions
What is the median household income in West Logan?
$44,896 (±$16,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Logan?
29.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Logan?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Logan work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (9%, 38 mi), Mount Gay-Shamrock (9%, 2 mi), Logan (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Logan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Logan, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Logan
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.