Work & commute · Mineralwells

Work & commute in Mineralwells, WV

Most working residents leave Mineralwells for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (31%), Vienna (4%) and Marietta (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 811 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 794 Mineralwells residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mineralwells.

794live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

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Where Mineralwells goes to work

Parkersburg5.8 mi away

31%251

Vienna9.8 mi away

4%31

Marietta, OH17.1 mi away

2%19

Charleston57.9 mi away

2%18

Mineralwells (in town)right here

2%17

Belpre, OH8 mi away

2%15

Ripley27 mi away

2%15

Elizabeth10.3 mi away

1%9

South Charleston59 mi away

1%9

Marietta, OH16.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%419

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

How far

How far Mineralwells commutes

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

51%

18%

25%

51%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mineralwells 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 Mineralwells are

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

Jobs based in Mineralwells

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mineralwells residents hold

811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+444%

Jobs based in Mineralwells, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 294. 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.