Work & commute · Hooverson Heights

Work & commute in Hooverson Heights, WV

Most working residents leave Hooverson Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Weirton (15%), Follansbee (6%) and Wellsburg (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,029 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,007 Hooverson Heights residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hooverson Heights.

1,007live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hooverson Heights goes to work

Weirton6.7 mi away

15%152

Follansbee1.5 mi away

6%66

Wellsburg2.7 mi away

6%65

Wheeling17.6 mi away

6%59

Steubenville, OH5.1 mi away

5%50

Pittsburgh, PA33.3 mi away

3%34

Findlay, PA19.6 mi away

3%31

Hooverson Heights (in town)right here

2%22

Charleston147 mi away

2%19

Morgantown57.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%518

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

How far

How far Hooverson Heights commutes

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

45%

21%

14%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hooverson Heights is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hooverson Heights are

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

Jobs based in Hooverson Heights

367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Hooverson Heights residents hold

1,029 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−8%

Jobs based in Hooverson Heights, 2013 → 2023: 401 → 367. 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.