Work & commute · Galion

Work & commute in Galion, OH

About one in 5 of Galion’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (9%), Mansfield (8%) and Bucyrus (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

916 of 4,475 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 3,559 Galion residents head out of town to work, 916 work right here, and 3,288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galion.

3,559live here, work elsewhere

916live and work here

3,288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galion goes to work

Galion (in town)right here

20%916

Columbus53.1 mi away

9%415

Mansfield13.2 mi away

8%356

Bucyrus11 mi away

6%247

Ontario9 mi away

3%154

Marion20.6 mi away

2%110

Marion20.4 mi away

2%108

Lexington11.3 mi away

2%92

Shelby12 mi away

1%64

Ashland26 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,959

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

How far

How far Galion commutes

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

28%

31%

17%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Galion are

4,204 jobs are based in Galion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Galion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Galion

4,204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Galion residents hold

4,475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+10%

Jobs based in Galion, 2013 → 2023: 3,810 → 4,204. 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.