Work & commute · Ellenboro

Work & commute in Ellenboro, WV

Most working residents leave Ellenboro for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisville (9%), Parkersburg (9%) and Pennsboro (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
7 of 90 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 83 Ellenboro residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellenboro.

83live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
599work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ellenboro goes to work

BrooklynMariettaWest UnionCairoSt. MarysEllenboroHarrisvilleSalemPennsboroViennaParkersburgClarksburgCharlestonDespardHarrisvilleParkersburgPennsboroWest UnionSt. MarysSalemCharlestonDespardBrooklynEllenboro
1
Harrisville4 mi away
9%8
2
Parkersburg26.1 mi away
9%8
3
Ellenboro (in town)right here
8%7
4
Pennsboro4.9 mi away
6%5
5
West Union15 mi away
2%2
6
St. Marys11.7 mi away
2%2
7
Salem26.4 mi away
2%2
8
Charleston70.8 mi away
2%2
9
Despard39.6 mi away
2%2
10
Brooklyn, OH154 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%51

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

How far

How far Ellenboro commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ellenboro is a job hub

6.73jobs per working resident
A job hub

6.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellenboro are

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

Jobs based in Ellenboro

606 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)79%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)17%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Ellenboro residents hold

90 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−43%

Jobs based in Ellenboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,066 → 606. 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.

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