Hatfield Cemetery · Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Sarah Ann has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
42% of workers work from home, where West Virginia as a whole has 9%. Employers in Sarah Ann report 5 jobs; 55 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Sarah Ann for work; outside it, Mount Gay-Shamrock is the main destination (11%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Sarah Ann on a workday
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Sarah Ann on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Sarah Ann work
Where Sarah Ann clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
What Sarah Ann’s employers do
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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sarah Ann’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sarah Ann
of Sarah Ann workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 42% 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.
Where in the region Sarah Ann works
About 19% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Sarah Ann: questions
What is the median household income in Sarah Ann?
$99,115 (±$60,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sarah Ann?
20.1%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sarah Ann work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Gay-Shamrock (11%, 10 mi), Man (7%, 6 mi), South Charleston (5%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sarah Ann without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sarah Ann, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sarah Ann
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.