Work & commute · Canaan

Work & commute in Canaan, OH

Most working residents leave Canaan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (38%), Columbus (6%) and The Plains (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 614 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 588 Canaan residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canaan.

588live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canaan goes to work

Athens5.4 mi away

38%232

Columbus70 mi away

6%39

The Plains8 mi away

4%22

Nelsonville15.6 mi away

3%18

Lancaster43 mi away

2%14

Logan26.7 mi away

2%10

Alexander8.8 mi away

2%10

Parkersburg, WV24.7 mi away

1%8

Athens6.7 mi away

1%8

Amesville6.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%246

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

How far

How far Canaan commutes

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

48%

11%

12%

29%

48%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canaan is a job hub

2.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Canaan are

1,596 jobs are based in Canaan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canaan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canaan

1,596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Canaan residents hold

614 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+41%

Jobs based in Canaan, 2013 → 2023: 1,132 → 1,596. 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.