Being a small city, Beckley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Beckley are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.27% of adults in Beckley having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Beckley in 2022 was $29,877, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,508 for a family of four. However, Beckley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Beckley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beckley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beckley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beckley include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Beckley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
