Work & commute · Bellaire

Work & commute in Bellaire, OH

Most working residents leave Bellaire for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (19%), Richland (6%) and St. Clairsville (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

151 of 1,473 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,322 Bellaire residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 1,485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellaire.

1,322live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

1,485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellaire goes to work

Wheeling, WV4.9 mi away

19%277

Bellaire (in town)right here

10%151

Richland9.3 mi away

6%90

St. Clairsville9.1 mi away

4%61

Martins Ferry6.2 mi away

3%46

Moundsville, WV6.5 mi away

3%37

Columbus118.5 mi away

2%34

Pultney1.8 mi away

1%19

Cambridge44.4 mi away

1%16

Glen Dale, WV4.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%726

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

How far

How far Bellaire commutes

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

58%

11%

26%

58%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellaire is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellaire are

1,636 jobs are based in Bellaire. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellaire’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellaire

1,636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Bellaire residents hold

1,473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+44%

Jobs based in Bellaire, 2013 → 2023: 1,134 → 1,636. 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.