Work & commute · Chillicothe

Work & commute in Chillicothe, OH

About one in 3 of Chillicothe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Green (11%), Columbus (8%) and Union (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

2,380 of 8,209 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,829 Chillicothe residents head out of town to work, 2,380 work right here, and 10,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chillicothe.

5,829live here, work elsewhere

2,380live and work here

10,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chillicothe goes to work

Chillicothe (in town)right here

29%2,380

Green7.5 mi away

11%889

Columbus44.6 mi away

8%664

Union6.5 mi away

6%520

Scioto1.7 mi away

3%236

Pickaway13.3 mi away

2%180

Circleville18.3 mi away

2%128

Waverly14.8 mi away

1%115

Washington Court House26.8 mi away

1%95

Scioto23.9 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,912

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

How far

How far Chillicothe commutes

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

51%

10%

19%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chillicothe is a job hub

1.54jobs 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 Chillicothe are

12,620 jobs are based in Chillicothe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chillicothe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chillicothe

12,620 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Chillicothe residents hold

8,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+6%

Jobs based in Chillicothe, 2013 → 2023: 11,929 → 12,620. 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.