Work & commute · Adena

Work & commute in Adena, OH

Most working residents leave Adena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (11%), Steubenville (6%) and Cadiz (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 242 Adena residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adena.

242live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adena goes to work

Wheeling, WV13.8 mi away

11%28

Steubenville15.5 mi away

6%14

Cadiz6.7 mi away

5%13

Richland10.7 mi away

4%10

St. Clairsville9.6 mi away

3%7

Columbus112.6 mi away

2%6

Mount Pleasant4.9 mi away

2%5

Weirton, WV21.3 mi away

2%5

Mount Pleasant3.1 mi away

2%5

Mingo Junction15.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%148

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adena commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

38%

10%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adena is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Adena are

86 jobs are based in Adena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adena

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Adena residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−23%

Jobs based in Adena, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 86. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.