Work & commute · Stanaford

Work & commute in Stanaford, WV

Most working residents leave Stanaford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Beckley (40%), Charleston (4%) and Prosperity (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 464 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 463 Stanaford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanaford.

463live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanaford goes to work

Beckley2.8 mi away

40%185

Charleston45.6 mi away

4%17

Prosperity3.4 mi away

3%14

Sprague2.4 mi away

2%11

Oak Hill11.1 mi away

2%7

Lewisburg39.2 mi away

1%6

South Charleston47.8 mi away

1%5

MacArthur5.4 mi away

1%5

Sophia9.4 mi away

1%4

Buckhannon95.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%206

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

How far

How far Stanaford commutes

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

65%

15%

13%

65%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanaford is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanaford are

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

Jobs based in Stanaford

167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Stanaford residents hold

464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−2%

Jobs based in Stanaford, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 167. 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.