Work & commute · Buckeye Lake

Work & commute in Buckeye Lake, OH

Most working residents leave Buckeye Lake for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (19%), Newark (11%) and Hebron (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 1,025 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 977 Buckeye Lake residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckeye Lake.

977live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckeye Lake goes to work

Columbus26.9 mi away

19%190

Newark10 mi away

11%113

Hebron2.2 mi away

5%49

Buckeye Lake (in town)right here

5%48

Heath6.4 mi away

4%41

Etna11 mi away

4%39

Union4.2 mi away

4%36

Lancaster15.8 mi away

3%29

Zanesville25 mi away

2%22

New Albany18.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%443

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

How far

How far Buckeye Lake commutes

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

30%

23%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckeye Lake is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckeye Lake are

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

Jobs based in Buckeye Lake

588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Buckeye Lake residents hold

1,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+53%

Jobs based in Buckeye Lake, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 588. 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.