Work & commute · Vienna

Work & commute in Vienna, WV

Most working residents leave Vienna for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Parkersburg (33%), Marietta (5%) and Charleston (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

489 of 4,489 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,000 Vienna residents head out of town to work, 489 work right here, and 4,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vienna.

4,000live here, work elsewhere

489live and work here

4,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vienna goes to work

Parkersburg4.3 mi away

33%1,468

Vienna (in town)right here

11%489

Marietta, OH8.2 mi away

5%239

Charleston67.5 mi away

3%125

Belpre, OH4.5 mi away

2%96

Morgantown87.2 mi away

1%52

South Charleston68.6 mi away

1%47

Williamstown6.6 mi away

1%44

Warren, OH5.7 mi away

1%39

St. Marys18.1 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,852

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

How far

How far Vienna commutes

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

67%

24%

67%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vienna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vienna are

4,502 jobs are based in Vienna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vienna

4,502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Vienna residents hold

4,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−9%

Jobs based in Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 4,956 → 4,502. 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.