Work & commute · Benwood

Work & commute in Benwood, WV

Most working residents leave Benwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wheeling (29%), Moundsville (4%) and Weirton (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 647 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 613 Benwood residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 707 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benwood.

613live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

707work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benwood goes to work

Wheeling5.3 mi away

29%190

Benwood (in town)right here

5%34

Moundsville5.6 mi away

4%23

Weirton29.5 mi away

3%20

Pittsburgh, PA50 mi away

2%16

Glen Dale4.1 mi away

2%15

Morgantown48.7 mi away

1%8

Richland, OH10.4 mi away

1%7

Chartiers, PA30.7 mi away

1%6

Martins Ferry, OH7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%323

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

How far

How far Benwood commutes

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

57%

20%

18%

57%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Benwood are

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

Jobs based in Benwood

741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Benwood residents hold

647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+3%

Jobs based in Benwood, 2013 → 2023: 718 → 741. 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.