Work & commute · Buchtel

Work & commute in Buchtel, OH

Most working residents leave Buchtel for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (21%), Nelsonville (17%) and Logan (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Buchtel residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buchtel.

164live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buchtel goes to work

Athens10.4 mi away

21%35

Nelsonville2.2 mi away

17%28

Logan13.1 mi away

6%10

Columbus56 mi away

4%7

Lancaster29 mi away

4%6

The Plains7.2 mi away

3%5

Middleport33 mi away

1%2

Jackson38.1 mi away

1%2

Hilliard65.2 mi away

1%2

Delaware74 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%65

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

How far

How far Buchtel commutes

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

33%

24%

15%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buchtel is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buchtel are

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

Jobs based in Buchtel

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month6%

Jobs Buchtel residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+500%

Jobs based in Buchtel, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 18. 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.