Work & commute · Hardy

Work & commute in Hardy, OH

About one in 4 of Hardy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Millersburg (16%), Columbus (6%) and Wooster (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

525 of 2,321 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,796 Hardy residents head out of town to work, 525 work right here, and 3,448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardy.

1,796live here, work elsewhere

525live and work here

3,448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardy goes to work

Millersburg0.5 mi away

16%364

Hardy (in town)right here

7%161

Columbus68.7 mi away

6%149

Wooster18 mi away

6%130

Prairie4.9 mi away

5%124

Berlin6.3 mi away

4%101

Walnut Creek11.4 mi away

4%83

Berlin5.7 mi away

3%65

Salt Creek7.1 mi away

3%59

Monroe5.5 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,043

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

How far

How far Hardy commutes

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

48%

23%

21%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardy is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardy are

3,973 jobs are based in Hardy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hardy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hardy

3,973 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hardy residents hold

2,321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Hardy, 2013 → 2023: 4,587 → 3,973. 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.