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Work & commute · Elizabeth

Work & commute in Elizabeth, OH

Most working residents leave Elizabeth for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ironton (17%), Ashland (11%) and Huntington (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
47 of 988 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 941 Elizabeth residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elizabeth.

941live here, work elsewhere
47live and work here
395work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elizabeth goes to work

AshlandProctorvilleCoal GroveSouth PointIrontonPortsmouthColumbusHuntingtonGreenUpperVernonDecaturAidElizabethHamiltonLawrenceWheelersburgIrontonAshlandHuntingtonPortsmouthColumbusCoal GroveProctorvilleSouth PointHamiltonElizabeth
1
Ironton6.4 mi away
17%167
2
Ashland, KY11.6 mi away
11%107
3
Huntington, WV20 mi away
5%53
4
Elizabeth (in town)right here
5%47
5
Portsmouth16.8 mi away
4%41
6
Columbus95.4 mi away
2%24
7
Coal Grove9.5 mi away
2%16
8
Proctorville20.8 mi away
1%13
9
South Point15.1 mi away
1%13
10
Hamilton4.2 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%494

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

How far

How far Elizabeth commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elizabeth is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elizabeth are

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

Jobs based in Elizabeth

442 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities1%
Services (health, schools, offices…)91%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Elizabeth residents hold

988 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+126%

Jobs based in Elizabeth, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 442. 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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