Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Wheeling Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Wheeling Township has 143 jobs; 611 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Wheeling Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Wheeling Township in brief
Wheeling Township is a place people come home to
There are 143 jobs based in Wheeling Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wheeling Township has about 1,100 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wheeling Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 611 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Wheeling Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Wheeling Township’s grade up (8.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($53,512, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Wheeling Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wheeling Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves Wheeling Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 596 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Wheeling Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
From Wheeling Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheeling Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 627 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.
11% of working residents work in Richland Township
Where Wheeling Township clocks in
10% 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.
66% of the jobs in Wheeling Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheeling Township, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 143. 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 Wheeling Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Wheeling Township to work
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.
Getting around Wheeling Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 729 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). 2.1% of Wheeling Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wheeling Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wheeling Township is 3,608th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,606 | Torch Lake Township MI | 1,270 | $89K | 14.9% | 0.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,607 | Akron Township MI | 1,350 | $69K | 10.1% | 2.4% | 4% | C |
| 3,608 | Wheeling Township OH | 1,541 | $54K | 8.1% | 5.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,609 | Forest Lake Township PA | 1,110 | $69K | 11.7% | 6.3% | 4% | C |
| 3,610 | Bald Eagle Township PA | 2,047 | $76K | 21.0% | 5.0% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Wheeling Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
16% of Wheeling Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Richland Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wheeling Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeling Township | – | C | D | 28 min | $53,512 |
| Flushing Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 26 min | $55,398 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | C | D | 30 min | $69,821 |
| Richland Township | 11% | B | B | 22 min | $77,176 |
| Short Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Union Township | 5% | B | B+ | 24 min | $93,409 |
| Athens Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Short Creek Township: not graded. Athens Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wheeling Township’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 Wheeling Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wheeling Township?
$53,512 (±$16,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheeling Township?
8.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheeling Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheeling Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Township (11%, 5 mi), Wheeling (10%, 14 mi), St. Clairsville (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wheeling Township walkable?
Wheeling Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wheeling Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wheeling Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheeling Township
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.