Beagle Hotel · Photo: Bwsmith84 · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Valley Grove works elsewhere
There are 26 jobs in Valley Grove, and 110 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Valley Grove itself; outside it, Wheeling draws the most (32%, 6 miles). The average commute takes 21 minutes each way; West Virginia averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Valley Grove, and who commutes in
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Valley Grove on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The places Valley Grove commutes to
Where Valley Grove clocks in
32% of workers
3% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 77% of the jobs in Valley Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Grove, 2014 → 2024: 347 → 26. 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 Valley Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Valley Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley Grove workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 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.
Half of Valley Grove commutes less than 8 miles
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.
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 Valley Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Valley Grove?
$58,125 (±$9,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley Grove?
10.9%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Grove?
21 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 Valley Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (32%, 6 mi), Bethlehem (4%, 6 mi), Washington (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Valley Grove 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 Valley Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley Grove
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.