Work & commute · Berlin

Work & commute in Berlin, OH

Most working residents leave Berlin for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (43%), Orange (6%) and Westerville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 5,222 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,103 Berlin residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 1,150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berlin.

5,103live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

1,150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berlin goes to work

Columbus18.2 mi away

43%2,233

Orange5 mi away

6%328

Westerville9.4 mi away

6%296

Dublin12.7 mi away

5%286

Delaware5.4 mi away

3%165

Liberty6.6 mi away

2%114

Berlin (in town)right here

2%112

New Albany15.7 mi away

2%90

Worthington10.7 mi away

1%68

Gahanna15.7 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,463

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

How far

How far Berlin commutes

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

35%

49%

11%

35%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berlin is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berlin are

1,269 jobs are based in Berlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berlin

1,269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Berlin residents hold

5,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+44%

Jobs based in Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 1,269. 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.