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Work & commute · Falls

Work & commute in Falls, OH

Most working residents leave Falls for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Zanesville (33%), Columbus (9%) and Newark (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
173 of 3,417 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,244 Falls residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 2,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falls.

3,244live here, work elsewhere
173live and work here
2,056work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Falls goes to work

DresdenCambridgeHeathZanesvilleNewarkColumbusFallsSpringfieldMuskingumNewtonHopewellWashingtonPerryLickingWayneNorth ZanesvilleZanesvilleColumbusNewarkWashingtonPerryNewtonCambridgeHeathWayneFalls
1
Zanesville3.7 mi away
33%1,111
2
Columbus49.5 mi away
9%322
3
Falls (in town)right here
4%144
4
Newark20.3 mi away
4%141
5
Washington5.5 mi away
3%109
6
Perry10 mi away
2%67
7
Newton9.8 mi away
2%52
8
Cambridge24.6 mi away
1%46
9
Heath20.7 mi away
1%46
10
Wayne9.3 mi away
1%46
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%1,333

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

How far

How far Falls commutes

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

50%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Falls is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falls are

2,229 jobs are based in Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Falls

2,229 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Falls residents hold

3,417 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−6%

Jobs based in Falls, 2013 → 2023: 2,371 → 2,229. 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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