Huntington

City Commute Profile

Huntington, WV

Where Huntington’s 18,488 resident workers go each day — 45.2% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Charleston.

West VirginiaLODES 2023 data
77
Commute Score

77 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Huntington at a glance
Employed Residents
18,488
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
17.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
45.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Charleston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Huntington proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Huntington commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Huntington

18,488 commutes, one dot at a time

Huntington

Where 18,488 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Huntington, by worker count.

1Huntington0.0 mi8,356
2Charleston44.0 mi1,019
3Barboursville7.6 mi884
4Ashland11.7 mi313
5Pea Ridge6.6 mi235
6South Charleston39.4 mi228
7Teays Valley27.1 mi199
8Wayne12.9 mi188

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Huntington.

1Huntington0.0 mi8,356
2Pea Ridge6.6 mi1,048
3Barboursville7.6 mi593
4Charleston44.0 mi518
5Ashland11.7 mi513
6Teays Valley27.1 mi491
7Kenova7.8 mi330
8South Point7.9 mi329

Top industries

The sectors that employ Huntington’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance34.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.6%
MFManufacturing8.2%
EDEducational Services8.0%
RTRetail Trade6.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.2%
COConstruction4.2%
PAPublic Administration4.0%

Huntington city profile

Who lives in Huntington — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
45,787
Median age
34.7yrs
Median household income
$45,100
Median home value
$127,200
Median gross rent
$912/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.3%
Poverty rate
25.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Huntington

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps99%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Huntington

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).