Work & commute · Newell

Work & commute in Newell, WV

Most working residents leave Newell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Weirton (8%), Chester (6%) and Findlay (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 540 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 525 Newell residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newell.

525live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newell goes to work

Weirton14.3 mi away

8%45

Chester1.9 mi away

6%35

Findlay, PA19.2 mi away

5%25

East Liverpool, OH2 mi away

4%19

Pittsburgh, PA34.9 mi away

3%18

New Cumberland6.2 mi away

3%18

Newell (in town)right here

3%15

Steubenville, OH17.5 mi away

2%12

Robinson, PA26.7 mi away

2%12

Wheeling37.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%333

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

How far

How far Newell commutes

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

39%

26%

20%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newell is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newell are

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

Jobs based in Newell

349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Newell residents hold

540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−78%

Jobs based in Newell, 2013 → 2023: 1,582 → 349. 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.