Photo: Coal town guy · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Scarbro works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Scarbro for work; outside it, Beckley is the main destination (13%, 12 miles). Employers in Scarbro report 72 jobs; 171 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home; West Virginia has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Scarbro
On a workday 170 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Scarbro on a workday afternoon, 56% 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 places Scarbro commutes to
Where Scarbro clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 89% of work in Scarbro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scarbro, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 72. 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 Scarbro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Scarbro
of Scarbro workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 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 Scarbro
About 21% 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 Scarbro: questions
What is the poverty rate in Scarbro?
30.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Scarbro work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beckley (13%, 12 mi), Charleston (11%, 37 mi), Oak Hill (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scarbro 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 Scarbro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scarbro
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.