Work & commute · Reader

Work & commute in Reader, WV

Most working residents leave Reader for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Martinsville (18%), Pine Grove (8%) and Wheeling (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 77 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 75 Reader residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reader.

75live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reader goes to work

New Martinsville8.9 mi away

18%14

Pine Grove2.4 mi away

8%6

Wheeling35.1 mi away

6%5

Fairmont31.6 mi away

3%2

Charleston97.1 mi away

3%2

Franklin, PA35.8 mi away

3%2

Reader (in town)right here

3%2

East Liverpool, OH74.2 mi away

1%1

Cadiz, OH49.6 mi away

1%1

Marietta, OH39.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%41

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

How far

How far Reader commutes

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

29%

20%

33%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reader is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Reader are

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

Jobs based in Reader

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Reader residents hold

77 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−9%

Jobs based in Reader, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 69. 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.