Photo: PokéTube · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Steubenville have lower incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Steubenville; the top destination outside it is Weirton (7%, 6 miles). 26.6% of residents are in poverty (Ohio 13.3%). Steubenville grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Steubenville at work: what stands out
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Steubenville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Steubenville is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #934 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Steubenville’s grade up (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Steubenville could be anywhere from D to C−.
From Steubenville, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steubenville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,426 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who leaves Steubenville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,009 residents head out to work, 1,980 work right here, and 6,933 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Steubenville on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).
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 people from Steubenville work
Where Steubenville clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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 work there is in Steubenville: 8,913 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steubenville, 2013 → 2023: 9,875 → 8,913. 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 Steubenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Steubenville commutes less than 7 miles
About 26% 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.
In Steubenville, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Steubenville is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #38 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 8.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,487 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). 15.1% of Steubenville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Steubenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Steubenville compares with U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,724 | Duncan OK | 23,238 | $58K | 20.5% | 6.8% | 46% | D |
| 1,725 | Rolla MO | 20,588 | $46K | 23.6% | 4.6% | 39% | D |
| 1,726 | Steubenville OH | 17,922 | $48K | 26.6% | 5.3% | 33% | D |
| 1,727 | Clifton CO | 19,518 | $52K | 15.0% | 8.6% | 5% | D |
| 1,728 | East Cleveland OH | 13,229 | $22K | 40.7% | 18.4% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Steubenville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Steubenville and its neighbors: 15% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steubenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steubenville | – | D | A | 18 min | $48,172 |
| Cross Creek Township | 2% | B | C− | 25 min | $72,003 |
| Island Creek Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $67,805 |
| Steubenville Township | under 2% | D | C− | 20 min | $53,043 |
| Mingo Junction | 2% | D | C− | 19 min | $53,833 |
| Wintersville | 4% | B | C+ | 30 min | $76,768 |
| Pottery Addition | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pottery Addition: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Weirton. Darker towns draw more of Steubenville’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 Steubenville: questions
What is the median household income in Steubenville?
$48,172 (±$4,255) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steubenville?
26.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steubenville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steubenville work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weirton (7%, 6 mi), Wintersville (4%, 3 mi), Columbus (3%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Steubenville walkable?
Steubenville is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Steubenville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steubenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steubenville
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.