Work & commute · Follansbee

Work & commute in Follansbee, WV

Most working residents leave Follansbee for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Weirton (17%), Wellsburg (6%) and Wheeling (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,159 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,092 Follansbee residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Follansbee.

1,092live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Follansbee goes to work

Weirton5.5 mi away

17%202

Wellsburg3.9 mi away

6%70

Follansbee (in town)right here

6%67

Wheeling18.7 mi away

5%60

Steubenville, OH3.8 mi away

5%56

Pittsburgh, PA33.5 mi away

3%34

Hooverson Heights1.5 mi away

3%34

Findlay, PA19.3 mi away

3%33

Robinson, PA25.8 mi away

1%16

Charleston148 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%573

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

How far

How far Follansbee commutes

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

45%

22%

16%

17%

45%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Follansbee is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Follansbee are

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

Jobs based in Follansbee

684 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Follansbee residents hold

1,159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−24%

Jobs based in Follansbee, 2013 → 2023: 902 → 684. 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.