Work & commute · Canal Winchester

Work & commute in Canal Winchester, OH

Most working residents leave Canal Winchester for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (40%), Groveport (4%) and Pickerington (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

340 of 4,326 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,986 Canal Winchester residents head out of town to work, 340 work right here, and 6,222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canal Winchester.

3,986live here, work elsewhere

340live and work here

6,222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canal Winchester goes to work

Columbus13 mi away

40%1,752

Canal Winchester (in town)right here

8%340

Groveport3.8 mi away

4%158

Pickerington4.1 mi away

2%95

Dublin25.2 mi away

2%95

Grove City13.1 mi away

2%95

Gahanna13.5 mi away

2%89

Westerville19.8 mi away

2%77

Violet4.6 mi away

2%66

Obetz6.7 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,495

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

How far

How far Canal Winchester commutes

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

27%

54%

15%

27%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canal Winchester is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canal Winchester are

6,562 jobs are based in Canal Winchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canal Winchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canal Winchester

6,562 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Canal Winchester residents hold

4,326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+57%

Jobs based in Canal Winchester, 2013 → 2023: 4,186 → 6,562. 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.

Work & commute in Canal Winchester, OH

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Canal Winchester goes to work

How far Canal Winchester commutes

Canal Winchester is a job hub

What the jobs in Canal Winchester are

Jobs based in Canal Winchester

Jobs Canal Winchester residents hold

How to read this page

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