Work & commute · Ohio

Work & commute in Ohio, IN

Most working residents leave Ohio for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (49%), Boonville (5%) and Patoka (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,075 of 18,949 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,874 Ohio residents head out of town to work, 2,075 work right here, and 6,394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ohio.

16,874live here, work elsewhere

2,075live and work here

6,394work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ohio goes to work

Evansville7.5 mi away

49%9,205

Ohio (in town)right here

9%1,788

Boonville6.7 mi away

5%923

Patoka26.5 mi away

3%620

Center8.5 mi away

2%358

Anderson6.8 mi away

2%307

Scott12 mi away

2%297

Perry13.9 mi away

1%259

Center140.3 mi away

1%241

Henderson, KY14.8 mi away

1%185

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,766

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ohio commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

57%

22%

15%

57%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ohio is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ohio are

8,469 jobs are based in Ohio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ohio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ohio

8,469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ohio residents hold

18,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+32%

Jobs based in Ohio, 2013 → 2023: 6,395 → 8,469. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.