Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Powhatan Point earn less than those in 89% of U.S. towns
21.4% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Powhatan Point grades D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Powhatan Point stands out on work
Powhatan Point is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Powhatan Point, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Powhatan Point has about 970 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Powhatan Point workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 539 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Powhatan Point’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Powhatan Point’s grade.
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Powhatan Point’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Powhatan Point could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The daily commute in and out of Powhatan Point
On a workday 520 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Powhatan Point on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Powhatan Point’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Powhatan Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 544 commuters (the 4% 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.
7% of working residents work in Barnesville
Where Powhatan Point clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Powhatan Point’s 99 jobs
99 jobs are based in Powhatan Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powhatan Point, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 99. 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 Powhatan Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Powhatan Point to work
About 29% 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.
The commute in Powhatan Point is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Powhatan Point is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 567 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.8% of Powhatan Point households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Powhatan Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, and where Powhatan Point sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,462 | Taylorsville MS | 1,103 | $38K | 23.8% | 1.6% | 10% | D− |
| 5,463 | Shelbina MO | 1,550 | $48K | 20.6% | 0.5% | 26% | D− |
| 5,464 | Powhatan Point OH | 1,407 | $49K | 21.4% | 6.7% | 4% | D− |
| 5,465 | Whitmire SC | 1,475 | $38K | 24.3% | 7.4% | 2% | D− |
| 5,466 | Weber City VA | 1,221 | $48K | 20.3% | 0.7% | 4% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Powhatan Point, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Powhatan Point compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Powhatan Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powhatan Point | – | D− | B+ | 22 min | $48,750 |
| York Township | under 3% | D | B | 25 min | $57,222 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Powhatan Point’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 Powhatan Point: questions
What is the median household income in Powhatan Point?
$48,750 (±$17,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Powhatan Point?
21.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Powhatan Point?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Powhatan Point work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barnesville (7%, 21 mi), Wheeling (6%, 16 mi), Richland Township (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Powhatan Point walkable?
Powhatan Point is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Powhatan Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Powhatan Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powhatan Point
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.