Work & commute · Wolfhurst

Work & commute in Wolfhurst, OH

Most working residents leave Wolfhurst for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (20%), Martins Ferry (8%) and Richland (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 448 Wolfhurst residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolfhurst.

448live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

319work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolfhurst goes to work

Wheeling, WV4.6 mi away

20%90

Martins Ferry3.7 mi away

8%38

Richland6.9 mi away

8%35

St. Clairsville6.3 mi away

5%23

Wintersville21.6 mi away

2%10

Steubenville21.6 mi away

2%10

Bridgeport1.7 mi away

2%9

Bellaire4 mi away

2%9

Wolfhurst (in town)right here

2%8

Columbus116.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%217

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

How far

How far Wolfhurst commutes

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

58%

10%

21%

58%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolfhurst is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolfhurst are

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

Jobs based in Wolfhurst

327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wolfhurst residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+17%

Jobs based in Wolfhurst, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 327. 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.