David Stewart Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhere Triadelphia earns its living
There are 317 jobs in Triadelphia, and 255 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average; West Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26. For 3% of workers, the job is at home (West Virginia 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Triadelphia
Triadelphia and Wheeling trade workers both ways
Wheeling is the top workplace for Triadelphia residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Triadelphia come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Triadelphia than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Triadelphia fell from 555 in 2014 to 317 in 2024, −43%. 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 ↓
Commutes from Triadelphia are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across West Virginia. That’s about 77 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 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
27% of working residents work in Wheeling
Where Triadelphia clocks in
27% of workers
2% 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.
69% of the jobs in Triadelphia pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Triadelphia, 2014 → 2024: 555 → 317. 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 Triadelphia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Triadelphia: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Triadelphia workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 3% 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 a workday changes Triadelphia
On a workday 252 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Triadelphia on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Triadelphia’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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.
Triadelphia and its neighbors: 27% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Triadelphia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triadelphia | – | — | — | 17 min | $48,281 |
| Wheeling | 27% | C− | A | 20 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 Triadelphia’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 Triadelphia: questions
What is the median household income in Triadelphia?
$48,281 (±$10,603) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Triadelphia?
26.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Triadelphia?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Triadelphia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (27%, 5 mi), Bethlehem (2%, 3 mi), Beckley (2%, 160 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Triadelphia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Triadelphia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Triadelphia
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.