Work & commute · Clark

Work & commute in Clark, OH

Most working residents leave Clark for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Walnut Creek (14%), Berlin (12%) and Berlin (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

171 of 1,714 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,543 Clark residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 1,376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clark.

1,543live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

1,376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clark goes to work

Walnut Creek5.4 mi away

14%233

Berlin6 mi away

12%198

Clark (in town)right here

9%148

Berlin6.3 mi away

6%96

Paint10.5 mi away

5%91

Columbus74.1 mi away

5%90

Sugarcreek5.5 mi away

5%79

Mechanic7.1 mi away

3%53

Walnut Creek4.5 mi away

3%47

Salt Creek11.1 mi away

3%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%634

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

How far

How far Clark commutes

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

62%

12%

21%

62%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clark is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clark are

1,547 jobs are based in Clark. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clark’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clark

1,547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Clark residents hold

1,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+74%

Jobs based in Clark, 2013 → 2023: 887 → 1,547. 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.