Beckley is a medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 16,515 people and six associated neighborhoods, Beckley is the ninth largest community in West Virginia.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Beckley is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.02 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

In terms of college education, Beckley is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.17% of adults in Beckley have a college degree.

The per capita income in Beckley in 2022 was $31,431, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,724 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 Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Beckley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.