With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Wellsburg works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. There are 30 jobs in Wellsburg, and 175 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Wellsburg; the top destination outside it is Elmira (30%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wellsburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 175 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Wellsburg on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Wellsburg commutes to
Where Wellsburg clocks in
30% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Wellsburg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellsburg, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 30. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Wellsburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellsburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Wellsburg goes to work
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Wellsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Wellsburg?
$63,750 (±$21,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellsburg?
19.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellsburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elmira (30%, 7 mi), Horseheads (10%, 10 mi), Big Flats (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wellsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wellsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.