Work & commute · Handley

Work & commute in Handley, WV

Most working residents leave Handley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (26%), South Charleston (11%) and Montgomery (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 60 Handley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Handley.

60live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Handley goes to work

Charleston17.7 mi away

26%16

South Charleston21 mi away

11%7

Montgomery3.2 mi away

3%2

Beckley31.1 mi away

3%2

Falls View7.7 mi away

3%2

Healdsburg, CA2227.1 mi away

2%1

Harrisonburg, VA136.7 mi away

2%1

Pineville42.5 mi away

2%1

Handley (in town)right here

2%1

St. Marys83.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%27

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Handley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

54%

23%

16%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Handley is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Handley are

34 jobs are based in Handley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Handley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Handley

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month65%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Handley residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+62%

Jobs based in Handley, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 34. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.