Work & commute · Sand Fork

Work & commute in Sand Fork, WV

Most working residents leave Sand Fork for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Glenville (35%), Buckhannon (5%) and Philippi (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

60 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55 Sand Fork residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Fork.

55live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand Fork goes to work

Glenville5 mi away

35%19

Buckhannon28.4 mi away

5%3

Philippi40.6 mi away

4%2

Charleston61.8 mi away

4%2

Laurel, MD209 mi away

2%1

Swansboro, NC353.4 mi away

2%1

Star City65.5 mi away

2%1

Cairo29.7 mi away

2%1

Harrisville26.1 mi away

2%1

Summersville43.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%23

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

How far

How far Sand Fork commutes

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

43%

26%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Fork is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Fork are

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

Jobs based in Sand Fork

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Sand Fork residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+50%

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.

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.