Work & commute · Blanchester

Work & commute in Blanchester, OH

Most working residents leave Blanchester for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (7%), Columbus (5%) and Lebanon (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

172 of 1,706 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,534 Blanchester residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 969 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blanchester.

1,534live here, work elsewhere

172live and work here

969work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blanchester goes to work

Blanchester (in town)right here

10%172

Wilmington12.4 mi away

7%113

Columbus71 mi away

5%78

Lebanon15.7 mi away

3%50

Blue Ash22.4 mi away

3%48

Miami16 mi away

3%46

Mason17.8 mi away

3%45

Cincinnati30.5 mi away

2%41

Sharonville23.3 mi away

2%39

Deerfield17.7 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,044

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

How far

How far Blanchester commutes

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

15%

51%

15%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blanchester is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blanchester are

1,141 jobs are based in Blanchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blanchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blanchester

1,141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Blanchester residents hold

1,706 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−25%

Jobs based in Blanchester, 2013 → 2023: 1,521 → 1,141. 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.