Work & commute · Gahanna

Work & commute in Gahanna, OH

Most working residents leave Gahanna for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (50%), Westerville (3%) and Dublin (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,301 of 17,390 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,089 Gahanna residents head out of town to work, 1,301 work right here, and 18,998 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gahanna.

16,089live here, work elsewhere

1,301live and work here

18,998work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gahanna goes to work

Columbus6.6 mi away

50%8,697

Gahanna (in town)right here

7%1,301

Westerville6.3 mi away

3%554

Dublin15.1 mi away

3%526

New Albany6.7 mi away

3%480

Worthington8.5 mi away

1%224

Whitehall4.6 mi away

1%214

Hilliard14.7 mi away

1%184

Orange11.5 mi away

1%173

Reynoldsburg7.1 mi away

1%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,870

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

How far

How far Gahanna commutes

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

62%

23%

13%

62%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gahanna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gahanna are

20,299 jobs are based in Gahanna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gahanna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gahanna

20,299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Gahanna residents hold

17,390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+25%

Jobs based in Gahanna, 2013 → 2023: 16,178 → 20,299. 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.