Work & commute · Martins Ferry

Work & commute in Martins Ferry, OH

Most working residents leave Martins Ferry for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (21%), Richland (5%) and St. Clairsville (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

323 of 2,550 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,227 Martins Ferry residents head out of town to work, 323 work right here, and 1,924 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Martins Ferry.

2,227live here, work elsewhere

323live and work here

1,924work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Martins Ferry goes to work

Wheeling, WV2.8 mi away

21%535

Martins Ferry (in town)right here

13%323

Richland10 mi away

5%135

St. Clairsville9.2 mi away

4%100

Steubenville18.5 mi away

2%50

Bellaire6.2 mi away

2%48

Weirton, WV22.9 mi away

1%38

Columbus119.6 mi away

1%36

Moundsville, WV12.6 mi away

1%31

Bridgeport2.9 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,225

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

How far

How far Martins Ferry commutes

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

56%

13%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Martins Ferry is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Martins Ferry are

2,247 jobs are based in Martins Ferry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martins Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Martins Ferry

2,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Martins Ferry residents hold

2,550 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−7%

Jobs based in Martins Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 2,422 → 2,247. 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.