Cedarville School · Photo: Anita Toth Simpson · CC BY 3.0Most of Sand Fork commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
18% of workers work from home; West Virginia has 9%. 3 jobs are based in Sand Fork, and 55 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Sand Fork for work; outside it, Glenville is the main destination (35%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Sand Fork
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Sand Fork on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The towns that employ Sand Fork’s residents
Where Sand Fork clocks in
35% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sand Fork, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Sand Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 60 minutes to work from Sand Fork
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sand Fork workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far it is to work from Sand Fork
About 22% 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 Sand Fork: questions
What is the median household income in Sand Fork?
$35,938 (±$15,311) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sand Fork?
29.2%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sand Fork?
60 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sand Fork work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Glenville (35%, 5 mi), Buckhannon (5%, 28 mi), Philippi (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sand Fork 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 Sand Fork, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sand Fork
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.