About Wiley Ford

Wiley Ford is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 791 people and just one neighborhood, Wiley Ford is the 178th largest community in West Virginia.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wiley Ford is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.3% of the Wiley Ford workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Wiley Ford is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wiley Ford who work in sales jobs (11.00%), office and administrative support jobs (8.74%), and management occupations (7.77%).

One downside of living in Wiley Ford, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.70 minutes every day commuting to work.

Wiley Ford is a very car-oriented town. 97.7% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Wiley Ford is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Wiley Ford has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Wiley Ford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Wiley Ford Information and Demographics

Wiley Ford ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 7.40% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Wiley Ford in 2000 was $13,718, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $54,872 for a family of four.

The people who call Wiley Ford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wiley Ford is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wiley Ford include German, Irish, English, and Hungarian.

The most common language spoken in Wiley Ford is English.