Work & commute · Blendon

Work & commute in Blendon, OH

Most working residents leave Blendon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (49%), Westerville (7%) and Dublin (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 5,068 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,974 Blendon residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 4,103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blendon.

4,974live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

4,103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blendon goes to work

Columbus8.8 mi away

49%2,486

Westerville1.9 mi away

7%371

Dublin12.8 mi away

4%178

New Albany6.9 mi away

3%141

Worthington6.1 mi away

2%107

Gahanna4.4 mi away

2%103

Hilliard14.1 mi away

1%67

Orange7.4 mi away

1%67

Genoa5.3 mi away

1%66

Upper Arlington10 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,434

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

How far

How far Blendon commutes

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

61%

25%

12%

61%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blendon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blendon are

4,197 jobs are based in Blendon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blendon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blendon

4,197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Blendon residents hold

5,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+17%

Jobs based in Blendon, 2013 → 2023: 3,583 → 4,197. 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.