Work & commute · Glouster

Work & commute in Glouster, OH

Most working residents leave Glouster for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (21%), Columbus (7%) and Logan (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 573 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 545 Glouster residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glouster.

545live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glouster goes to work

Athens12.2 mi away

21%118

Columbus58.4 mi away

7%40

Glouster (in town)right here

5%28

Logan17.4 mi away

5%26

Lancaster31.7 mi away

3%19

Nelsonville7.9 mi away

3%18

The Plains9.8 mi away

3%17

Athens12.2 mi away

2%9

Hocking33.1 mi away

2%9

Green13.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%281

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

How far

How far Glouster commutes

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

15%

37%

18%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glouster is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.33 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glouster are

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

Jobs based in Glouster

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Glouster residents hold

573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+3%

Jobs based in Glouster, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 189. 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.