Work & commute · Columbia

Work & commute in Columbia, OH

Most working residents leave Columbia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (35%), Blue Ash (5%) and Kenwood (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 2,055 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

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,030 Columbia residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 2,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbia.

2,030live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

2,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Columbia goes to work

Cincinnati6.3 mi away

35%725

Blue Ash5.2 mi away

5%105

Kenwood2.7 mi away

3%64

Norwood3.2 mi away

3%61

Mason14.1 mi away

2%43

Columbus93.8 mi away

2%42

West Chester11.6 mi away

2%42

Sharonville7.6 mi away

2%41

Mariemont2.2 mi away

1%29

Fairfax1.9 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%877

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

How far

How far Columbia commutes

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

68%

19%

10%

68%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Columbia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbia are

2,154 jobs are based in Columbia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Columbia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Columbia

2,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Columbia residents hold

2,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−84%

Jobs based in Columbia, 2013 → 2023: 13,144 → 2,154. 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.