Work & commute · Gambier

Work & commute in Gambier, OH

Most working residents leave Gambier for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (19%), Columbus (11%) and Dublin (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

73 of 548 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 475 Gambier residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gambier.

475live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gambier goes to work

Mount Vernon4.8 mi away

19%102

Gambier (in town)right here

13%73

Columbus41.3 mi away

11%58

Dublin43.6 mi away

2%11

Mansfield27.9 mi away

2%10

Danville8.6 mi away

2%9

Monroe4.2 mi away

1%8

Westerville32.5 mi away

1%6

Cleveland84.8 mi away

1%6

Cincinnati140.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%259

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

How far

How far Gambier commutes

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

41%

28%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gambier is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gambier are

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

Jobs based in Gambier

849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Gambier residents hold

548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+6%

Jobs based in Gambier, 2013 → 2023: 804 → 849. 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.