Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, OH

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Newark (25%), Columbus (17%) and Heath (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,471 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,432 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

1,432live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Newark10 mi away

25%362

Columbus40.1 mi away

17%248

Heath11.4 mi away

7%106

Zanesville13.9 mi away

4%54

Hanover2.6 mi away

3%39

New Albany28.5 mi away

2%34

Union16.5 mi away

2%26

Westerville36.1 mi away

2%23

Dublin48.3 mi away

2%23

Hebron14.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%536

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

25%

28%

34%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

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

Jobs based in Hanover

461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

1,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+58%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 461. 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.