Tygart Valley Homesteads Historic District · Photo: Carl Mydans · Public domainDailey has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Dailey itself; outside it, Elkins draws the most (21%, 9 miles). There are 1 jobs in Dailey for 47 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all; West Virginia has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Dailey: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Dailey on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer 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.
Where people from Dailey work
Where Dailey clocks in
21% of workers
4% 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.
In Dailey, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Dailey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dailey
of Dailey workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Dailey
About 30% 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.
The towns around Dailey
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dailey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dailey | – | — | — | — | — |
| East Dailey | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Dailey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dailey’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 Dailey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dailey?
0.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dailey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkins (21%, 9 mi), Beverly (4%, 4 mi), Belington (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dailey 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 Dailey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dailey
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.