Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Shadyside works elsewhere
423 jobs are based in Shadyside; 1,540 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Shadyside is better than 45% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Shadyside is behind 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Shadyside
What’s behind Shadyside’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Shadyside’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($54,153, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shadyside could be anywhere from C− to B.
20% of working residents work in Wheeling
Where Shadyside clocks in
20% 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.
Shadyside on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,393 residents head out to work, 147 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Shadyside on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
What Shadyside’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shadyside, 2013 → 2023: 487 → 423. 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 Shadyside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Shadyside
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shadyside workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,489 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Shadyside
About 22% 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.
Shadyside is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,576 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). 6.4% of Shadyside households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shadyside’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shadyside places 2,534th of 4,593 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,532 | Sandusky Township OH | 3,562 | $83K | 23.3% | 3.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,533 | Holton KS | 3,396 | $53K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,534 | Shadyside OH | 3,334 | $54K | 8.2% | 2.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,535 | Marcus Hook PA | 2,448 | $53K | 13.7% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,536 | Mound Township KS | 2,350 | $61K | 6.8% | 2.0% | 20% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Shadyside, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Shadyside compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shadyside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadyside | – | C+ | A− | 19 min | $54,153 |
| Mead Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $54,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shadyside’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 Shadyside: questions
What is the median household income in Shadyside?
$54,153 (±$6,844) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shadyside?
8.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shadyside?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shadyside work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (20%, 8 mi), Richland Township (4%, 11 mi), St. Clairsville (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shadyside walkable?
Shadyside is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shadyside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shadyside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shadyside
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.