Work & commute · Beech Bottom

Work & commute in Beech Bottom, WV

Most working residents leave Beech Bottom for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (15%), Weirton (10%) and Wellsburg (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 225 Beech Bottom residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beech Bottom.

225live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

197work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beech Bottom goes to work

Wheeling10.1 mi away

15%35

Weirton14.2 mi away

10%23

Wellsburg4.9 mi away

6%14

Beech Bottom (in town)right here

3%7

Findlay, PA26.7 mi away

3%7

Steubenville, OH10.2 mi away

3%6

Follansbee8.7 mi away

3%6

Martins Ferry, OH8.8 mi away

2%4

Bethlehem12 mi away

2%4

Charleston139.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%122

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

How far

How far Beech Bottom commutes

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

30%

37%

16%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beech Bottom is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beech Bottom are

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

Jobs based in Beech Bottom

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Beech Bottom residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+252%

Jobs based in Beech Bottom, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 204. 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.