Work & commute · Boaz

Work & commute in Boaz, WV

Most working residents leave Boaz for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (23%), Marietta (10%) and Vienna (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 568 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 563 Boaz residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boaz.

563live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boaz goes to work

Parkersburg8 mi away

23%128

Marietta, OH4.4 mi away

10%57

Vienna3.9 mi away

6%35

Williamstown2.7 mi away

4%20

Charleston70.9 mi away

3%18

Warren, OH3.6 mi away

3%15

Belpre, OH8.3 mi away

2%12

Marietta, OH6.1 mi away

2%9

St. Marys15.3 mi away

1%7

Morgantown84.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%260

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

How far

How far Boaz commutes

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

60%

10%

26%

60%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boaz is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boaz are

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

Jobs based in Boaz

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Boaz residents hold

568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−72%

Jobs based in Boaz, 2013 → 2023: 520 → 146. 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.