Work & commute · Brookside

Work & commute in Brookside, OH

Most working residents leave Brookside for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (24%), Martins Ferry (8%) and Richland (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 198 Brookside residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookside.

198live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookside goes to work

Wheeling, WV3.6 mi away

24%48

Martins Ferry2.9 mi away

8%15

Richland7.9 mi away

7%14

St. Clairsville7.3 mi away

5%10

Bridgeport0.8 mi away

2%4

Bellaire3.8 mi away

2%4

Steubenville21.1 mi away

2%4

Columbus117.8 mi away

2%4

Cadiz17.7 mi away

2%3

Weirton, WV25.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%91

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

How far

How far Brookside commutes

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

58%

12%

10%

20%

58%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookside are

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

Jobs based in Brookside

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Brookside residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+53%

Jobs based in Brookside, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 224. 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.