Work & commute · Parkersburg

Work & commute in Parkersburg, WV

About one in 3 of Parkersburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Vienna (7%), Marietta (4%) and Charleston (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

4,186 of 11,726 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,540 Parkersburg residents head out of town to work, 4,186 work right here, and 14,901 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkersburg.

7,540live here, work elsewhere

4,186live and work here

14,901work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkersburg goes to work

Parkersburg (in town)right here

36%4,186

Vienna4.3 mi away

7%791

Marietta, OH12.3 mi away

4%458

Charleston63.2 mi away

3%376

Belpre, OH2.9 mi away

2%192

Morgantown89.1 mi away

1%146

Williamstown10.6 mi away

1%118

Marietta, OH13 mi away

1%118

South Charleston64.2 mi away

1%113

Warren, OH10 mi away

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,142

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

How far

How far Parkersburg commutes

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

60%

26%

60%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkersburg is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkersburg are

19,087 jobs are based in Parkersburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parkersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parkersburg

19,087 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Parkersburg residents hold

11,726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−12%

Jobs based in Parkersburg, 2013 → 2023: 21,637 → 19,087. 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.