Work & commute · Powhatan Point

Work & commute in Powhatan Point, OH

Most working residents leave Powhatan Point for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Barnesville (7%), Wheeling (6%) and Richland (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 539 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 520 Powhatan Point residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powhatan Point.

520live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powhatan Point goes to work

Barnesville21.2 mi away

7%38

Wheeling, WV15.9 mi away

6%35

Powhatan Point (in town)right here

4%19

Richland15 mi away

3%17

Mead5.4 mi away

3%16

Woodsfield17.7 mi away

3%15

St. Clairsville15.7 mi away

3%15

Bellaire11.2 mi away

2%13

Moundsville, WV5.5 mi away

2%13

Martins Ferry17.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%346

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

How far

How far Powhatan Point commutes

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

14%

45%

12%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powhatan Point is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Powhatan Point are

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

Jobs based in Powhatan Point

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Powhatan Point residents hold

539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−55%

Jobs based in Powhatan Point, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 99. 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.