Work & commute · West

Work & commute in West, OH

Most working residents leave West for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Minerva (11%), Salem (10%) and Alliance (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 1,133 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,114 West residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West.

1,114live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West goes to work

Minerva4.8 mi away

11%124

Salem13.2 mi away

10%108

Alliance10.9 mi away

5%51

Lisbon13.9 mi away

3%34

Hanover6 mi away

3%32

Columbus116.4 mi away

2%26

Boardman25.7 mi away

2%23

Brown9.1 mi away

2%21

West (in town)right here

2%19

Columbiana20.4 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%678

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

How far

How far West commutes

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

23%

36%

21%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West are

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

Jobs based in West

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs West residents hold

1,133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−15%

Jobs based in West, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 175. 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.