Work & commute · Grand Prairie

Work & commute in Grand Prairie, OH

Most working residents leave Grand Prairie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (19%), Marion (18%) and Columbus (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 650 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 635 Grand Prairie residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Prairie.

635live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Prairie goes to work

Marion4.9 mi away

19%125

Marion4.5 mi away

18%115

Columbus47.7 mi away

9%61

Delaware26.5 mi away

4%25

Claridon7.7 mi away

4%24

Grand Prairie (in town)right here

2%15

Upper Sandusky13.4 mi away

2%12

Mount Gilead17.8 mi away

1%8

Kenton25.1 mi away

1%7

Westerville39.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%251

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

How far

How far Grand Prairie commutes

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

45%

12%

25%

18%

45%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Prairie is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Grand Prairie

167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Grand Prairie residents hold

650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+5%

Jobs based in Grand Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 167. 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.