Work & commute · Darby

Work & commute in Darby, OH

Most working residents leave Darby for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (34%), Dublin (10%) and Plain City (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

132 of 2,242 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,110 Darby residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 1,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darby.

2,110live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

1,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darby goes to work

Columbus17.8 mi away

34%753

Dublin7.9 mi away

10%222

Plain City1.3 mi away

5%110

Hilliard8.2 mi away

3%75

Marysville9.1 mi away

3%62

Canaan2.7 mi away

2%50

Westerville20.1 mi away

2%46

Jerome4.7 mi away

2%45

West Jefferson9.7 mi away

2%35

Grove City19.7 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%809

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.

28%

51%

13%

28%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darby is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darby are

1,139 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

1,139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Darby residents hold

2,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+24%

Jobs based in Darby, 2013 → 2023: 919 → 1,139. 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.