At 1.1%, unemployment in Mineralwells is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 20 minutes each way, next to 27 for West Virginia and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Mineralwells are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% work in Mineralwells; the top destination outside it is Parkersburg (34%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mineralwells: the gist
Mineralwells and Parkersburg trade workers both ways
Parkersburg is the top workplace for Mineralwells residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Mineralwells come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Mineralwells are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical West Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 744 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mineralwells
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mineralwells is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Mineralwells’ grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (13.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mineralwells could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where people from Mineralwells work
Where Mineralwells clocks in
34% of workers
6% 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.
How long Mineralwells spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mineralwells workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 944 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who commutes out of Mineralwells, and who commutes in
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Mineralwells on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.32 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.
What work there is in Mineralwells: 238 jobs
238 jobs are based in Mineralwells.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mineralwells, 2014 → 2024: 132 → 238. 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 Mineralwells’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Mineralwells
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mineralwells is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mineralwells is more walkable than 26% 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 3.5% across West Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,066 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). 18.6% of Mineralwells households have no vehicle (West Virginia 8.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mineralwells’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mineralwells is 2,298th among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 959 | Williamstown WV | 2,922 | $89K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Bethlehem WV | 2,520 | $83K | 8.8% | 3.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,379 | Culloden WV | 3,040 | $73K | 11.8% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,296 | Sadsbury Township PA | 2,697 | $70K | 7.2% | 3.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,297 | Grenelefe FL | 2,797 | $60K | 15.8% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,298 | Mineralwells WV | 2,389 | $65K | 13.9% | 1.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,299 | Pembroke GA | 2,706 | $73K | 14.6% | 2.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,300 | Fairmont City IL | 2,154 | $48K | 33.7% | 1.7% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Mineralwells, the top three, the last and three more from West Virginia.
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 Mineralwells: questions
What is the median household income in Mineralwells?
$64,643 (±$14,232) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mineralwells?
13.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mineralwells?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mineralwells work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (34%, 6 mi), Vienna (6%, 10 mi), Marietta (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mineralwells walkable?
Mineralwells is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mineralwells without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mineralwells, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mineralwells
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.