Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPottery Addition draws 308 commuters a day, with 3.0 jobs for every working resident
There are 309 jobs in Pottery Addition for 102 working residents. Hardly any work in Pottery Addition itself; outside it, Steubenville draws the most (17%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Pottery Addition
On a workday 101 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 320 people are in Pottery Addition on a workday afternoon, 188% more 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.
Commuting in to Pottery Addition: where workers come from
Where Pottery Addition clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 92% of jobs based in Pottery Addition
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pottery Addition, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 309. 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 Pottery Addition’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pottery Addition
of Pottery Addition workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 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.
How far it is to work from Pottery Addition
About 25% 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.
28% of Pottery Addition works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pottery Addition workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pottery Addition | – | — | — | — | $38,250 |
| Steubenville | 17% | D | A | 18 min | $48,172 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Steubenville. Darker towns draw more of Pottery Addition’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 Pottery Addition: questions
What is the median household income in Pottery Addition?
$38,250 (±$27,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pottery Addition?
47.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pottery Addition work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steubenville (17%, 3 mi), Weirton (11%, 4 mi), Wintersville (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pottery Addition without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pottery Addition, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pottery Addition
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.