Work & commute · Bearfield

Work & commute in Bearfield, OH

Most working residents leave Bearfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Lexington (12%), Columbus (11%) and Zanesville (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 596 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 587 Bearfield residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bearfield.

587live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bearfield goes to work

New Lexington7 mi away

12%74

Columbus52.2 mi away

11%66

Zanesville18.9 mi away

8%47

Lancaster28 mi away

5%30

Crooksville5.6 mi away

4%22

Pike6.3 mi away

4%21

Monroe6.9 mi away

2%11

Athens25 mi away

2%9

Bearfield (in town)right here

2%9

Logan20.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%300

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

How far

How far Bearfield commutes

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

24%

23%

25%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bearfield is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bearfield are

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

Jobs based in Bearfield

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Bearfield residents hold

596 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+64%

Jobs based in Bearfield, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 54. 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.