Work & commute · Belpre

Work & commute in Belpre, OH

Most working residents leave Belpre for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (21%), Marietta (11%) and Vienna (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

286 of 2,505 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,219 Belpre residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 2,081 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belpre.

2,219live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

2,081work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belpre goes to work

Parkersburg, WV2.9 mi away

21%524

Belpre (in town)right here

11%286

Marietta12.6 mi away

11%269

Vienna, WV4.5 mi away

5%113

Columbus88.7 mi away

3%71

Warren9.2 mi away

2%58

Marietta14 mi away

2%58

Athens27.3 mi away

2%50

Muskingum15 mi away

1%35

Cambridge51.2 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,018

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

How far

How far Belpre commutes

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

47%

21%

26%

47%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belpre is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belpre are

2,367 jobs are based in Belpre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belpre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belpre

2,367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Belpre residents hold

2,505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+30%

Jobs based in Belpre, 2013 → 2023: 1,821 → 2,367. 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.