Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Manse · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWellsville’s household incomes are among the lowest in the country
Measured by household income, Wellsville is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. The poverty rate is 32.9% (Ohio 13.3%). For jobs and income Wellsville is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wellsville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Wellsville’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($31,720, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wellsville could be anywhere from D to C.
How a workday changes Wellsville
On a workday 1,103 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Wellsville on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.51 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 2024, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in East Liverpool
Where Wellsville clocks in
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Wellsville
619 jobs are based in Wellsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellsville, 2014 → 2024: 519 → 619. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Wellsville: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellsville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,313 commuters (the 9% 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 many miles Wellsville commutes
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Wellsville, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,442 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). 21.0% of Wellsville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wellsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wellsville next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100: 3,824th of 4,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,822 | Amboy IL | 2,206 | $68K | 13.3% | 8.3% | 14% | C− |
| 3,823 | Mountain Lake Park MD | 2,101 | $61K | 15.2% | 5.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,824 | Wellsville OH | 3,017 | $32K | 32.9% | 3.5% | 9% | C− |
| 3,825 | Dimmitt TX | 4,069 | $46K | 18.1% | 2.6% | 18% | C− |
| 3,826 | Columbia Township MI | 2,542 | $63K | 18.8% | 4.5% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Wellsville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Wellsville compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wellsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville | – | C− | C+ | 21 min | $31,720 |
| Yellow Creek Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 31 min | $66,389 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wellsville’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 2024, 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 Wellsville: questions
What is the median household income in Wellsville?
$31,720 (±$4,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellsville?
32.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellsville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellsville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Liverpool (9%, 5 mi), Calcutta (5%, 8 mi), Lisbon (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wellsville walkable?
Wellsville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wellsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wellsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.