Work & commute · Big Island

Work & commute in Big Island, OH

Most working residents leave Big Island for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (16%), Columbus (14%) and Marion (13%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 491 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 481 Big Island residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Island.

481live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Island goes to work

Marion6.5 mi away

16%81

Columbus44.5 mi away

14%67

Marion6.1 mi away

13%66

Delaware23.3 mi away

3%15

Marysville26.7 mi away

2%11

Allen27.4 mi away

2%11

Big Island (in town)right here

2%10

Bucyrus20.3 mi away

2%9

Richwood12 mi away

2%8

Pleasant7.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%206

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

How far

How far Big Island commutes

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

38%

15%

31%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Island is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Island are

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

Jobs based in Big Island

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Big Island residents hold

491 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+129%

Jobs based in Big Island, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 206. 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.