Work & commute · Bethesda

Work & commute in Bethesda, OH

Most working residents leave Bethesda for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richland (11%), St. Clairsville (9%) and Union (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 501 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 489 Bethesda residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethesda.

489live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethesda goes to work

Richland9.2 mi away

11%55

St. Clairsville10.1 mi away

9%45

Union4.6 mi away

8%38

Wheeling, WV20.5 mi away

6%30

Barnesville5.6 mi away

6%28

Belmont1.9 mi away

2%12

Bethesda (in town)right here

2%12

Bellaire17.2 mi away

2%9

Martins Ferry19.1 mi away

2%8

Goshen1.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%256

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

How far

How far Bethesda commutes

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

37%

26%

11%

26%

37%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethesda is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethesda are

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

Jobs based in Bethesda

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bethesda residents hold

501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−11%

Jobs based in Bethesda, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 82. 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.