Work & commute · Blue Rock

Work & commute in Blue Rock, OH

Most working residents leave Blue Rock for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Zanesville (24%), Columbus (7%) and Duncan Falls (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 245 Blue Rock residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Rock.

245live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Rock goes to work

Zanesville13.8 mi away

24%60

Columbus61.7 mi away

7%17

Duncan Falls6.5 mi away

4%10

Perry12 mi away

3%8

Philo5.2 mi away

3%7

New Concord14.4 mi away

3%7

Wayne8.2 mi away

3%7

Cambridge20.5 mi away

2%6

Washington14.3 mi away

2%6

Newton13.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%112

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

How far

How far Blue Rock commutes

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

13%

47%

13%

27%

13%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Rock is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Rock are

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

Jobs based in Blue Rock

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Blue Rock residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−85%

Jobs based in Blue Rock, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 4. 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.