Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Frank
Below the poverty line: 46.8% of residents; West Virginia has 16.7%. Hardly any work in Frank itself; outside it, Durbin draws the most (7%, 1 miles). Frank has 29 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
Frank on a workday afternoon
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Frank on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 the trip to work from Frank ends
Where Frank clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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 Frank
of Frank workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 10% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Frank
About 28% 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 Frank
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frank workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank | – | — | — | — | — |
| Bartow | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bartow: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frank’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 Frank: questions
What is the poverty rate in Frank?
46.8%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Frank work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durbin (7%, 1 mi), Marlinton (7%, 27 mi), Charlotte (3%, 237 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Frank 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 Frank, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frank
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.