Work & commute · College

Work & commute in College, OH

Most working residents leave College for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (20%), Gambier (13%) and Columbus (10%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

80 of 626 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 546 College residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 778 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in College.

546live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

778work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where College goes to work

Mount Vernon4.8 mi away

20%126

Gambier0.3 mi away

13%79

Columbus41 mi away

10%62

Dublin43.4 mi away

2%11

Mansfield28.2 mi away

2%10

Danville8.8 mi away

1%9

Monroe4.5 mi away

1%9

Westerville32.3 mi away

1%8

Cleveland85.1 mi away

1%7

Miller8.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%298

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

How far

How far College commutes

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

42%

27%

25%

42%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

College is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in College are

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

Jobs based in College

858 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs College residents hold

626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−1%

Jobs based in College, 2013 → 2023: 867 → 858. 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.