Work & commute · Heath

Work & commute in Heath, OH

Most working residents leave Heath for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Newark (20%), Columbus (18%) and Hebron (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

542 of 4,872 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,330 Heath residents head out of town to work, 542 work right here, and 7,362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heath.

4,330live here, work elsewhere

542live and work here

7,362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heath goes to work

Newark3.6 mi away

20%979

Columbus28.9 mi away

18%878

Heath (in town)right here

11%542

Hebron4.5 mi away

3%127

New Albany18.2 mi away

2%109

Granville4.1 mi away

2%107

Union5.2 mi away

2%106

Zanesville23.2 mi away

1%65

Dublin37.8 mi away

1%65

Gahanna23.2 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,830

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

How far

How far Heath commutes

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

42%

18%

26%

14%

42%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heath is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Heath are

7,904 jobs are based in Heath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Heath

7,904 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Heath residents hold

4,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+5%

Jobs based in Heath, 2013 → 2023: 7,526 → 7,904. 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.