Neffs has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 2% work in Neffs; the top destination outside it is Wheeling (19%, 7 miles). There are 171 jobs in Neffs; 337 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Neffs stands out on work
About 23 minutes each way for Neffs’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neffs workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 424 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Neffs by day and by night
On a workday 330 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Neffs on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where Neffs goes to work
Where Neffs clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 51% of Neffs’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neffs, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 171. 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 Neffs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Neffs
About 27% 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.
How Neffs compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Richland Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Neffs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neffs | – | — | — | 23 min | $31,250 |
| Pease Township | under 2% | D | B | 24 min | $50,755 |
| Richland Township | 5% | B | B | 22 min | $77,176 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Neffs’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Neffs: questions
What is the median household income in Neffs?
$31,250 (±$13,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neffs?
5.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neffs?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neffs work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (19%, 7 mi), Bellaire (8%, 4 mi), St. Clairsville (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Neffs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Neffs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neffs
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.