Work & commute · Coal Grove

Work & commute in Coal Grove, OH

Most working residents leave Coal Grove for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (16%), Ironton (14%) and Huntington (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 768 Coal Grove residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 453 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coal Grove.

768live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

453work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coal Grove goes to work

Ashland, KY2.3 mi away

16%133

Ironton3.6 mi away

14%112

Coal Grove (in town)right here

6%50

Huntington, WV12.3 mi away

6%50

Columbus104.9 mi away

2%19

Portsmouth24.7 mi away

2%17

Proctorville14.2 mi away

2%15

Perry2.6 mi away

2%14

Union10.3 mi away

2%13

Green66.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%384

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

How far

How far Coal Grove commutes

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

54%

14%

26%

54%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coal Grove is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Coal Grove are

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

Jobs based in Coal Grove

503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Coal Grove residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−10%

Jobs based in Coal Grove, 2013 → 2023: 556 → 503. 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.