Wheeling

City Commute Profile

Wheeling, WV

Where Wheeling’s 12,957 resident workers go each day — 39.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Pittsburgh.

West VirginiaLODES 2023 data
74
Commute Score

74 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Wheeling at a glance
Employed Residents
12,957
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
24.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
39.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
6.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Pittsburgh
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Wheeling proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Wheeling commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Wheeling

12,957 commutes, one dot at a time

Wheeling

Where 12,957 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Wheeling, by worker count.

1Wheeling0.0 mi5,165
2Pittsburgh46.1 mi280
3Moundsville10.3 mi263
4Morgantown49.8 mi209
5Bethlehem1.5 mi187
6Weirton24.4 mi187
7Martins Ferry2.5 mi163
8St. Clairsville10.6 mi136

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Wheeling.

1Wheeling0.0 mi5,165
2Moundsville10.3 mi674
3Bethlehem1.5 mi579
4Martins Ferry2.5 mi572
5St. Clairsville10.6 mi339
6Shadyside7.2 mi323
7Bellaire4.3 mi295
8Weirton24.4 mi275

Top industries

The sectors that employ Wheeling’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.1%
RTRetail Trade7.7%
EDEducational Services6.7%
FIFinance and Insurance6.4%
MFManufacturing5.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.0%
WSWholesale Trade4.7%

Wheeling city profile

Who lives in Wheeling — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
26,350
Median age
45.4yrs
Median household income
$48,590
Median home value
$146,500
Median gross rent
$794/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.1%
Poverty rate
20.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Wheeling

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Wheeling

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).