Big Sandy 29 Poor
Big Sandy Livability #396 ranked city in West Virginia#27,887 ranked city in the USARanks better than 4% of areas

Pros and Cons of Living in Big Sandy

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    No pros were found for this area. None of the categories reached the required threshold.

CONS
  • Amenities

    A majority of amenities are not ideally situated within a reasonable walking distance, which may lead residents to rely on a vehicle or public transportation.

  • Employment

    A low score in the employment category could indicate that this area struggles with high unemployment rates and low household income and income per capita levels.

  • Housing

    With a lower than average score in the housing category, this area could struggle with housing affordability, poor appreciation rates and home values well below the national average.

  • Schools

    Lower than average education levels, poor reading and math scores, as well as the inaccessibility of local elementary and high schools could all be factors in the low schools score.

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      Big Sandy transportation information

      Statistic Big Sandy West Virginia National
      Average one way commuten/a26min26min
      Workers who drive to workn/a82.0%76.4%
      Workers who carpooln/a9.9%9.3%
      Workers who take public transitn/a0.9%5.1%
      Workers who bicyclen/a0.1%0.6%
      Workers who walkn/a2.9%2.8%
      Working from homen/a3.1%4.6%
      Source: The Big Sandy, WV data and statistics displayed above are derived from the United States Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS).