Work & commute · Gilead

Work & commute in Gilead, OH

Most working residents leave Gilead for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Gilead (12%), Columbus (12%) and Marion (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

312 of 2,375 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,063 Gilead residents head out of town to work, 312 work right here, and 1,897 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilead.

2,063live here, work elsewhere

312live and work here

1,897work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilead goes to work

Mount Gilead0.2 mi away

12%289

Columbus40.1 mi away

12%282

Marion15.6 mi away

5%120

Delaware22.5 mi away

5%116

Marion16 mi away

4%104

Bennington11.9 mi away

3%63

Mansfield21.5 mi away

3%60

Cardington5.1 mi away

2%58

Westerville30 mi away

2%50

Mount Vernon21.6 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,193

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

How far

How far Gilead commutes

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

19%

34%

29%

19%

19%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilead is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilead are

2,209 jobs are based in Gilead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gilead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gilead

2,209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Gilead residents hold

2,375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Gilead, 2013 → 2023: 1,890 → 2,209. 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.