Handley, WV

Census Place

2024 Population

418

US Senator

Shelley Moore Capito

Republican Party

US Senator

Jim Justice

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

46.4

0.651% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

3.83%

45.5% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$105,150

44.5% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$51,500

Economy

The economy of Handley, WV employs 191 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Handley, WV were Retail Trade (66 people), Educational Services (53 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (36 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($58,675), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($58,350), and Manufacturing ($54,500).

Employment

Occupations

191

2024 Value

± 137

5.52%

1 Year growth

± 97.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Handley, WV grew at a rate of 5.52%, from 181 employees to 191 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Handley, WV, are Material Moving Occupations (83 people), Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (52 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (24 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Handley, WV.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in West Virginia (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

191

2024 Value

± 137

5.52%

1 Year growth

± 97.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Handley, WV grew at a rate of 5.52%, from 181 employees to 191 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Handley, WV, are Retail Trade (66 people), Educational Services (53 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (36 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Handley, WV, though some of these residents may live in Handley, WV and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$58,075

Median earning men ± $29,316

$45,500

Median earning women ± $21,101

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($54,500).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($45,850) and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,500).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Handley, WV was $51,500 in 2024, which is 0.155 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $51,300 to $51,500, a 0.39% increase. The homeownership rate in Handley, WV is 96.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Handley, WV have an average commute time of 28.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Handley, WV is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$51,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$40,527

$127

Median Property Taxes

±$92

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Handley, WV the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Handley, WV compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$105,150

Median Household Income

± $75,023

132

Number of Households

± 91

In 2024, the median household income of the 132 households in Handley, WV grew to $105,150 from the previous year's value of $72,750.

The following chart displays the households in Handley, WV distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $100k - $125k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Handley, WV is from West Virginia.

0.443

2024 Wage GINI in West Virginia

0.443

2023 Wage GINI in West Virginia

In 2024, the income inequality in West Virginia was 0.443 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0426% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for West Virginia was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in West Virginia in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in West Virginia across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (95.8%)
Worked At Home (4.19%)

In 2024, 95.8% of workers in Handley, WV drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (4.19%) and those who carpooled to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

28.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Handley, WV have a longer commute time (28.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.546% of the workforce in Handley, WV have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Handley, WV compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Handley, WV distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Handley, WV have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

3.83% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Handley, WV (16 out of 418 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Males 12 - 14.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Handley, WV is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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