Work & commute · Ohio

Work & commute in Ohio, KS

Most working residents leave Ohio for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ness City (39%), Ransom (16%) and Wichita (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 48 Ohio residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ohio.

48live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ohio goes to work

Ness City17.5 mi away

39%19

Ransom11.3 mi away

16%8

Wichita165 mi away

6%3

Center17.3 mi away

6%3

Hays47.6 mi away

4%2

Grinnell43.4 mi away

2%1

Bazine27.3 mi away

2%1

WaKeeney30.8 mi away

2%1

Hugoton119.9 mi away

2%1

Atchison276 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%9

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.

63%

20%

8%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ohio is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ohio are

46 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

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ohio residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−35%

Jobs based in Ohio, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 46. 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.