Work & commute · Cairo

Work & commute in Cairo, WV

Most working residents leave Cairo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (12%), Ellenboro (9%) and Harrisville (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 66 Cairo residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cairo.

66live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cairo goes to work

Parkersburg21.3 mi away

12%8

Ellenboro6.8 mi away

9%6

Harrisville5.6 mi away

9%6

St. Marys13.3 mi away

6%4

Pennsboro11.3 mi away

4%3

Belpre, OH24.1 mi away

3%2

Cairo (in town)right here

3%2

Elizabeth16.5 mi away

3%2

Grantsville20 mi away

3%2

Charleston64.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%31

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

How far

How far Cairo commutes

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

34%

40%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cairo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cairo are

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

Jobs based in Cairo

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Cairo residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+3%

Jobs based in Cairo, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 98. 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.