Work & commute · Pennsboro

Work & commute in Pennsboro, WV

Most working residents leave Pennsboro for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (9%), Harrisville (9%) and Ellenboro (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 409 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 383 Pennsboro residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennsboro.

383live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennsboro goes to work

Parkersburg30.9 mi away

9%37

Harrisville6.7 mi away

9%36

Ellenboro4.9 mi away

8%33

Pennsboro (in town)right here

6%26

Charleston73.9 mi away

3%11

West Union10.1 mi away

2%9

St. Marys14.8 mi away

2%8

New Martinsville25.6 mi away

2%8

Blennerhassett35.6 mi away

2%8

Marietta, OH27.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%226

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

How far

How far Pennsboro commutes

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

33%

14%

33%

21%

33%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennsboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennsboro are

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

Jobs based in Pennsboro

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pennsboro residents hold

409 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−12%

Jobs based in Pennsboro, 2013 → 2023: 504 → 444. 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.