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Jobs & commute in Clearview

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Clearview works elsewhere

A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, where West Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26. There are 13 jobs in Clearview for 185 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 9% across West Virginia.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

13 jobs based here
Household income
$82K
median · West Virginia $60K
Poverty
10.0%
West Virginia 16.7%
Unemployment
3.0%
West Virginia 5.4% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
31 min
West Virginia 27 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 185 working residents
Work from home
4%
West Virginia 9% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Clearview

On a workday 185 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.

185live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night450
Workday280
450live here− 190head out to work+ 13come in to work= 280on a workday

About 280 people are in Clearview on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

41% of working residents work in Wheeling

RaylandMartins Ferry: 6 residents work here (3%)Washington: 2 residents work here (1%)Pittsburgh: 2 residents work here (1%)ClearviewGlen Dale: 4 residents work here (2%)West Liberty: 3 residents work here (2%)Benwood: 2 residents work here (1%)Moundsville: 3 residents work here (2%)Bethlehem: 2 residents work here (1%)Wheeling: 76 residents work here (41%)Charleston: 3 residents work here (2%)Smithfield TownshipMount Pleasant TownshipPease TownshipBuffalo TownshipPeters TownshipWheelingMartins FerryGlen DaleWest LibertyMoundsvilleCharlestonClearview
1
Wheeling4.4 mi away
41%76
2
Martins Ferry, OH3.1 mi away
3%6
3
Glen Dale13.7 mi away
2%4
4
West Liberty5.2 mi away
2%3
5
Moundsville15.2 mi away
2%3
6
Charleston133.6 mi away
2%3
7
Washington, PA23.6 mi away
1%2
8
Pittsburgh, PA43 mi away
1%2
9
Benwood9.6 mi away
1%2
10
Bethlehem6.4 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%82
The top trips

Where Clearview clocks in

41% of workers
4.4 mi awayWheeling76 Clearview residents work here · Jobs & commute →
3% of workers
3.1 mi awayMartins Ferry, OH6 Clearview residents work here · Jobs & commute →
2%Glen Dale
2% of workers
13.7 mi awayGlen Dale4 Clearview residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Clearview

Jobs based in ClearviewJobs Clearview residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms23%14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices77%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less31%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%23%
Over $3,333 a month46%59%

Who does it

29 or younger31%18%
30 to 5446%54%
55 and older23%28%
+333%

Jobs based in Clearview, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 13. 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 Clearview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Clearview: about 31 minutes

A year of commuting
234 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clearview31 min
West Virginia27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Clearview workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Clearview gets to work
97%Drive alone
1%Carpool
2%Walk

Share of the 214 commuters (the 4% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Clearview

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWheeling: 41% · 4.4 miMartins Ferry: 3% · 3.1 miGlen Dale: 2% · 13.7 miWest Liberty: 2% · 5.2 miMoundsville: 2% · 15.2 miCharleston: 2% · 133.6 miWashington: 1% · 23.6 miPittsburgh: 1% · 43 miBenwood: 1% · 9.6 miBethlehem: 1% · 6.4 miWheeling 41%Glen Dale 2%West Liberty 2%Moundsville 2%Clearview
ClearviewTop destinations (size = commuters)
63%Under 10 mi116 residents
10%10–24 mi18 residents
8%25–50 mi14 residents
20%Over 50 mi37 residents

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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Clearview and its neighbors: 41% work next door

Wheeling: 41% of workers work hereWheelingClearview
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Wheeling41% of Clearview works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownClearview workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Clearview–——31 min$81,750
Wheeling41%C−A20 min$48,590

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Wheeling. Darker towns draw more of Clearview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clearview: questions

What is the median household income in Clearview?

$81,750 (±$22,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clearview?

10.0%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clearview?

31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clearview work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (41%, 4 mi), Martins Ferry (3%, 3 mi), Glen Dale (2%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clearview 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 Clearview, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Clearview

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RankingsTop towns in WVShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.