Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, OH

Most working residents leave Greenfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (28%), Lancaster (15%) and Canal Winchester (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

184 of 2,587 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 2,403 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 2,750 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

2,403live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

2,750work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Columbus21.9 mi away

28%724

Lancaster5.2 mi away

15%390

Greenfield (in town)right here

6%144

Canal Winchester9.1 mi away

2%53

Gahanna20.9 mi away

2%46

Pickerington8.9 mi away

2%44

Newark24.1 mi away

2%40

Carroll2.4 mi away

2%39

New Albany22.1 mi away

1%38

Groveport12.8 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,032

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

28%

40%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenfield are

2,934 jobs are based in Greenfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenfield

2,934 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

2,587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+41%

Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,084 → 2,934. 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.