Work & commute · Cardington

Work & commute in Cardington, OH

Most working residents leave Cardington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (11%), Delaware (8%) and Marion (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 844 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 782 Cardington residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 649 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cardington.

782live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

649work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cardington goes to work

Columbus35.7 mi away

11%97

Delaware17.4 mi away

8%69

Cardington (in town)right here

7%62

Marion13.8 mi away

5%43

Marion14.4 mi away

4%36

Bennington9.4 mi away

3%27

Mount Gilead5.2 mi away

3%26

Orange22.8 mi away

3%26

Westerville25.9 mi away

3%24

Sunbury17.8 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%415

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

How far

How far Cardington commutes

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

19%

39%

25%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cardington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cardington are

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

Jobs based in Cardington

711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Cardington residents hold

844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−23%

Jobs based in Cardington, 2013 → 2023: 929 → 711. 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.