Work & commute · Elk

Work & commute in Elk, OH

Most working residents leave Elk for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are McArthur (11%), Columbus (6%) and Green (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

236 of 1,298 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,062 Elk residents head out of town to work, 236 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk.

1,062live here, work elsewhere

236live and work here

943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk goes to work

McArthur0.9 mi away

11%141

Elk (in town)right here

7%95

Columbus57.1 mi away

6%79

Green26.8 mi away

6%74

Wellston10.4 mi away

5%69

Chillicothe28.4 mi away

5%63

Jackson17.4 mi away

4%52

Clinton5.2 mi away

3%38

Athens20.6 mi away

3%35

Madison5.7 mi away

3%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%617

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

How far

How far Elk commutes

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

32%

18%

24%

26%

32%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk are

1,179 jobs are based in Elk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elk

1,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Elk residents hold

1,298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+16%

Jobs based in Elk, 2013 → 2023: 1,014 → 1,179. 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.