Work & commute · Falls

Work & commute in Falls, OH

About one in 4 of Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Logan (27%), Lancaster (10%) and Columbus (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,108 of 4,254 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,146 Falls residents head out of town to work, 1,108 work right here, and 3,156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falls.

3,146live here, work elsewhere

1,108live and work here

3,156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falls goes to work

Logan0.5 mi away

27%1,167

Lancaster16.3 mi away

10%416

Columbus43.2 mi away

6%273

Athens22.4 mi away

4%151

Falls (in town)right here

3%148

Nelsonville11.7 mi away

3%124

Green4.6 mi away

2%83

Canal Winchester30.2 mi away

1%56

Chillicothe33.9 mi away

1%51

Greenfield21.5 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,742

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.

37%

24%

20%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Falls are

4,264 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

4,264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Falls residents hold

4,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1%

Jobs based in Falls, 2013 → 2023: 4,220 → 4,264. 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.