Blennerhassett Island Historic District · Photo: WVhybrid · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Blennerhassett commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Blennerhassett report 414 jobs, against 1,248 working residents. The two grades for Blennerhassett are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 2% stay in Blennerhassett for work; outside it, Parkersburg is the main destination (35%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Blennerhassett, in a few figures
Commutes from Blennerhassett are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical West Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Blennerhassett than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Blennerhassett fell from 796 in 2014 to 414 in 2024, −48%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Blennerhassett and Parkersburg trade workers both ways
Parkersburg is the top workplace for Blennerhassett residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Blennerhassett come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Blennerhassett
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blennerhassett is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #17 of 61 in West Virginia. Household income holds Blennerhassett’s grade up ($88,487, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blennerhassett could be anywhere from C to A.
Blennerhassett’s commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blennerhassett workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,438 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 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.
65% of the jobs in Blennerhassett pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blennerhassett, 2014 → 2024: 796 → 414. 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 Blennerhassett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Blennerhassett’s working residents head each day
Where Blennerhassett clocks in
35% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
A workday in Blennerhassett: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,227 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Blennerhassett on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where in the region Blennerhassett works
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Blennerhassett, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blennerhassett is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #56 of 61 in West Virginia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across West Virginia, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,510 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). 5.3% of Blennerhassett households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blennerhassett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Blennerhassett places 2,130th of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 704 | Pinch WV | 4,037 | $77K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,003 | Williamstown WV | 2,922 | $89K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,396 | Bethlehem WV | 2,520 | $83K | 8.8% | 3.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,128 | Point Township PA | 3,818 | $71K | 11.4% | 2.9% | 8% | B− |
| 2,129 | Hutchinson Island South FL | 4,175 | $66K | 7.0% | 3.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,130 | Blennerhassett WV | 3,282 | $88K | 9.3% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,131 | Almont MI | 2,848 | $84K | 8.4% | 6.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,132 | South Bloomfield OH | 4,164 | $76K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Blennerhassett, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
Blennerhassett and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blennerhassett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blennerhassett | – | B− | C | 15 min | $88,487 |
| Washington | under 1% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $60,365 |
| Lubeck | under 1% | B− | D− | 19 min | $71,171 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blennerhassett’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 Blennerhassett: questions
What is the median household income in Blennerhassett?
$88,487 (±$5,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blennerhassett?
9.3%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blennerhassett?
15 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blennerhassett work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (35%, 5 mi), Vienna (4%, 7 mi), Marietta (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Blennerhassett walkable?
Blennerhassett is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blennerhassett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blennerhassett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blennerhassett
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.