Work & commute · Wheeling

Work & commute in Wheeling, OH

Most working residents leave Wheeling for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (26%), Zanesville (6%) and New Concord (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 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 297 Wheeling residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheeling.

297live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheeling goes to work

Cambridge11.6 mi away

26%77

Zanesville27 mi away

6%17

New Concord15.3 mi away

4%12

Jackson15.3 mi away

4%12

Cambridge10.5 mi away

3%9

Coshocton13.9 mi away

2%7

Columbus74.5 mi away

2%7

Westland16.1 mi away

2%6

Byesville15.1 mi away

2%5

New Philadelphia22.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%141

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

How far

How far Wheeling commutes

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

50%

20%

22%

8%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheeling is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheeling are

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

Jobs based in Wheeling

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wheeling residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−22%

Jobs based in Wheeling, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 18. 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.