North Hills has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in North Hills for work; outside it, Parkersburg is the main destination (36%, 4 miles). North Hills has 25 jobs, against 368 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers; West Virginia has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets North Hills apart on work
North Hills is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in North Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday North Hills has about 460 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
North Hills and Parkersburg trade workers both ways
Parkersburg is the top workplace for North Hills residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in North Hills come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most North Hills residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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 368 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through North Hills
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in North Hills on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 the trip to work from North Hills ends
Where North Hills clocks in
36% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 far it is to work from North Hills
About 23% 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 North Hills, 44% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Hills, 2014 → 2024: 92 → 25. 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 North Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes to work from North Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Hills workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 18% 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.
The towns around North Hills
The biggest share goes to Vienna (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hills | – | — | — | 16 min | $145,000 |
| Vienna | 7% | C+ | B | 21 min | $60,388 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of North Hills’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 North Hills: questions
What is the median household income in North Hills?
$145,000 (±$24,003) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Hills?
9.6%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Hills?
16 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Hills work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (36%, 4 mi), Vienna (7%, 1 mi), Marietta (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around North Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Hills
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.