Work & commute · Damascus

Work & commute in Damascus, OH

Most working residents leave Damascus for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (14%), Boardman (6%) and Alliance (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 179 Damascus residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Damascus.

179live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Damascus goes to work

Salem5.2 mi away

14%26

Boardman16.8 mi away

6%11

Alliance8.9 mi away

5%9

Columbus124.5 mi away

4%7

Goshen3.4 mi away

4%7

Sebring4.1 mi away

3%6

Youngstown20.7 mi away

2%4

Cleveland54.8 mi away

2%4

Knox5.4 mi away

2%4

Canfield12.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%99

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

How far

How far Damascus commutes

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

36%

31%

14%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Damascus is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Damascus are

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

Jobs based in Damascus

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Damascus residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+557%

Jobs based in Damascus, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 46. 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.