Work & commute · Hocking

Work & commute in Hocking, OH

Most working residents leave Hocking for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (26%), Lancaster (18%) and Canal Winchester (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,727 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,691 Hocking residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 642 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hocking.

1,691live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

642work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hocking goes to work

Columbus27.2 mi away

26%446

Lancaster4.3 mi away

18%311

Hocking (in town)right here

2%36

Canal Winchester14.3 mi away

2%34

Dublin39.4 mi away

2%33

Greenfield6.9 mi away

2%31

Grove City25.1 mi away

2%27

Westerville33.4 mi away

1%24

Circleville15.5 mi away

1%22

Gahanna27.2 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%741

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

How far

How far Hocking commutes

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

25%

20%

36%

18%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hocking is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hocking are

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

Jobs based in Hocking

678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Hocking residents hold

1,727 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Hocking, 2013 → 2023: 697 → 678. 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.