Work & commute · Blennerhassett

Work & commute in Blennerhassett, WV

Most working residents leave Blennerhassett for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (35%), Vienna (5%) and Marietta (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,209 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,196 Blennerhassett residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blennerhassett.

1,196live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blennerhassett goes to work

Parkersburg4.7 mi away

35%425

Vienna7.1 mi away

5%56

Marietta, OH15.2 mi away

3%36

Charleston62.7 mi away

3%34

Belpre, OH2.6 mi away

2%22

South Charleston63.4 mi away

2%20

Blennerhassett (in town)right here

1%13

Dunbar61.5 mi away

1%12

Huntington72.7 mi away

1%11

Athens, OH25.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%570

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

How far

How far Blennerhassett commutes

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

60%

27%

60%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blennerhassett is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blennerhassett are

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

Jobs based in Blennerhassett

406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Blennerhassett residents hold

1,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+26%

Jobs based in Blennerhassett, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 406. 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.