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Work & commute · Darby

Work & commute in Darby, OH

Most working residents leave Darby for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (38%), Grove City (8%) and Dublin (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
42 of 1,671 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,629 Darby residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darby.

1,629live here, work elsewhere
42live and work here
198work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Darby goes to work

HarrisburgBloomingburgMount SterlingCirclevilleWashington Court HouseGroveportLondonWest JeffersonHilliardGahannaWestervilleDublinGrove CityColumbusMonroeSciotoPleasantPleasantDarbyMuhlenbergOrientDerbyColumbusGrove CityDublinHilliardMount SterlingWestervilleGroveportWest JeffersonGahannaDarby
1
Columbus19.5 mi away
38%629
2
Grove City10.4 mi away
8%126
3
Darby (in town)right here
2%38
4
Dublin24.7 mi away
2%30
5
Hilliard19.2 mi away
2%27
6
Mount Sterling4.8 mi away
2%26
7
Westerville29.5 mi away
1%24
8
Groveport17.9 mi away
1%20
9
West Jefferson14.7 mi away
1%20
10
Gahanna25.7 mi away
1%20
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%711

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

How far

How far Darby commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
55%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Darby is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darby are

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

Jobs based in Darby

240 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)65%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)22%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Darby residents hold

1,671 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−10%

Jobs based in Darby, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 240. 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.

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