Work & commute · Wellsburg

Work & commute in Wellsburg, WV

Most working residents leave Wellsburg for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Weirton (11%), Wheeling (10%) and Steubenville (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

162 of 1,119 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 957 Wellsburg residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 1,068 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellsburg.

957live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

1,068work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellsburg goes to work

Wellsburg (in town)right here

14%162

Weirton9.3 mi away

11%125

Wheeling14.9 mi away

10%107

Steubenville, OH6.4 mi away

4%40

Follansbee3.9 mi away

3%30

Pittsburgh, PA35.2 mi away

2%20

Beech Bottom4.9 mi away

1%14

Hooverson Heights2.7 mi away

1%14

Findlay, PA22.1 mi away

1%13

Washington, PA20.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%582

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

How far

How far Wellsburg commutes

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

45%

26%

13%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellsburg are

1,230 jobs are based in Wellsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wellsburg

1,230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Wellsburg residents hold

1,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−12%

Jobs based in Wellsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,401 → 1,230. 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.