Work & commute · Bethany

Work & commute in Bethany, WV

Most working residents leave Bethany for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Wellsburg (10%), Weirton (9%) and Wheeling (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 309 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 283 Bethany residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethany.

283live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethany goes to work

Wellsburg5.9 mi away

10%32

Weirton14.2 mi away

9%28

Bethany (in town)right here

8%26

Wheeling11.4 mi away

6%20

Follansbee9.2 mi away

3%8

Hooverson Heights7.8 mi away

3%8

Steubenville, OH12.2 mi away

2%7

Pittsburgh, PA34.9 mi away

2%7

Charleston140.5 mi away

2%5

Smith, PA14.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%163

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

How far

How far Bethany commutes

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

34%

33%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethany is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethany are

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

Jobs based in Bethany

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Bethany residents hold

309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+21%

Jobs based in Bethany, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 241. 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.