Work & commute · Hilliard

Work & commute in Hilliard, OH

Most working residents leave Hilliard for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (47%), Dublin (8%) and Westerville (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,599 of 18,563 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,964 Hilliard residents head out of town to work, 1,599 work right here, and 19,425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hilliard.

16,964live here, work elsewhere

1,599live and work here

19,425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hilliard goes to work

Columbus9.7 mi away

47%8,789

Hilliard (in town)right here

9%1,599

Dublin5.5 mi away

8%1,498

Westerville14.3 mi away

2%400

Grove City12.6 mi away

2%334

Upper Arlington4.6 mi away

1%273

Gahanna14.7 mi away

1%225

Worthington8.4 mi away

1%195

Allen22.7 mi away

1%176

Orange13.1 mi away

1%155

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%4,919

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

How far

How far Hilliard commutes

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

56%

29%

12%

56%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hilliard 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 Hilliard are

21,024 jobs are based in Hilliard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hilliard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hilliard

21,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Hilliard residents hold

18,563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+39%

Jobs based in Hilliard, 2013 → 2023: 15,172 → 21,024. 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.