Work & commute · Wheelersburg

Work & commute in Wheelersburg, OH

Most working residents leave Wheelersburg for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (24%), Scioto (4%) and Ashland (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

314 of 2,681 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,367 Wheelersburg residents head out of town to work, 314 work right here, and 1,747 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheelersburg.

2,367live here, work elsewhere

314live and work here

1,747work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheelersburg goes to work

Portsmouth5.7 mi away

24%652

Wheelersburg (in town)right here

12%314

Scioto19.5 mi away

4%96

Ashland, KY22.1 mi away

3%69

Columbus86.5 mi away

2%67

New Boston4.9 mi away

2%59

Ironton16.9 mi away

2%56

Valley13.6 mi away

2%49

Green7.2 mi away

2%48

Franklin Furnace7.8 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,224

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

How far

How far Wheelersburg commutes

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

48%

18%

27%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheelersburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheelersburg are

2,061 jobs are based in Wheelersburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wheelersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wheelersburg

2,061 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Wheelersburg residents hold

2,681 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+14%

Jobs based in Wheelersburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,803 → 2,061. 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.