Few U.S. towns have household incomes as low as Wolfhurst’s
33.3% of residents live below the poverty line (Ohio 13.3%). Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. The two grades for Wolfhurst are D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wolfhurst apart on work
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Wolfhurst’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 44 minutes, longer than the Ohio average of 23. Time on the road ↓
Few Wolfhurst workers work from home
Only 0% 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 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Wolfhurst’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Wolfhurst is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Wolfhurst’s grade up (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($28,833, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (19.7%) is left out: Wolfhurst’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, Wolfhurst could be anywhere from D− to D.
Commuting from Wolfhurst: about 44 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wolfhurst workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 0% 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.
Wolfhurst on a workday afternoon
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Wolfhurst on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
20% of working residents work in Wheeling
Where Wolfhurst clocks in
20% of workers
8% 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 the 327 jobs in Wolfhurst are
327 jobs are based in Wolfhurst.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wolfhurst, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 327. 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 Wolfhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Wolfhurst to work
About 21% 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 Wolfhurst is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wolfhurst is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. 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 343 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). 14.9% of Wolfhurst households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wolfhurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wolfhurst and other U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,851 | Mooreland OK | 1,122 | $55K | 22.8% | 0.0% | 9% | D− |
| 2,852 | Heppner OR | 1,128 | $50K | 15.8% | 2.8% | 21% | D− |
| 2,853 | Wolfhurst OH | 1,058 | $29K | 33.3% | 19.7% | 2% | D− |
| 2,854 | West Jefferson NC | 1,348 | $47K | 20.8% | 12.7% | 13% | D− |
| 2,855 | Rush Springs OK | 1,020 | $45K | 25.6% | 3.7% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Wolfhurst, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Wolfhurst and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wolfhurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfhurst | – | D− | C− | 44 min | $28,833 |
| Lansing | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lansing: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wolfhurst’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 Wolfhurst: questions
What is the median household income in Wolfhurst?
$28,833 (±$25,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wolfhurst?
33.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wolfhurst?
44 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wolfhurst work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (20%, 5 mi), Martins Ferry (8%, 4 mi), Richland Township (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wolfhurst walkable?
Wolfhurst is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wolfhurst without a car?
0% 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 Wolfhurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wolfhurst
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.