Work & commute · Bedford

Work & commute in Bedford, OH

Most working residents leave Bedford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (12%), Columbus (7%) and Pomeroy (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 468 Bedford residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford.

468live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford goes to work

Athens13.1 mi away

12%55

Columbus77.4 mi away

7%34

Pomeroy7.7 mi away

6%29

Salisbury5.2 mi away

6%29

Green27 mi away

5%25

Middleport10.8 mi away

4%21

Gallipolis24.3 mi away

4%18

Chester7.1 mi away

3%16

Cheshire14.2 mi away

2%10

Parkersburg, WV26.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%227

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

How far

How far Bedford commutes

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

22%

36%

12%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford are

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

Jobs based in Bedford

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Bedford residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in Bedford, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 49. 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.