Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Big Sandy
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where West Virginia as a whole has 9%. Hardly any work in Big Sandy itself; outside it, Welch draws the most (28%, 7 miles). Big Sandy has 58 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Big Sandy, and who commutes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 55 people are in Big Sandy on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.
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.
Where Big Sandy’s working residents head each day
Where Big Sandy clocks in
28% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Working from home in Big Sandy
of Big Sandy workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 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.
Miles to work from Big Sandy
About 20% 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.
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 Big Sandy: questions
What is the poverty rate in Big Sandy?
0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Sandy work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Welch (28%, 7 mi), Iaeger (3%, 6 mi), Bluefield (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Sandy 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 Big Sandy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Sandy
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.