Work & commute · Grove

Work & commute in Grove, OH

Most working residents leave Grove for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (46%), Dublin (3%) and Hilliard (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,313 of 20,518 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,205 Grove residents head out of town to work, 2,313 work right here, and 22,183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grove.

18,205live here, work elsewhere

2,313live and work here

22,183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grove goes to work

Columbus9.3 mi away

46%9,526

Grove City (in town)right here

11%2,313

Dublin17.6 mi away

3%702

Hilliard12.6 mi away

2%430

Westerville19.5 mi away

2%348

Gahanna15.4 mi away

1%282

Obetz6.5 mi away

1%252

Groveport9.3 mi away

1%241

Lincoln Village6.9 mi away

1%178

Worthington16.1 mi away

1%176

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%6,070

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

How far

How far Grove commutes

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

48%

36%

13%

48%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grove are

24,496 jobs are based in Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grove

24,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Grove residents hold

20,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+37%

Jobs based in Grove, 2013 → 2023: 17,917 → 24,496. 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.