Work & commute · Howard

Work & commute in Howard, OH

Most working residents leave Howard for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (28%), Columbus (6%) and Gambier (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 2,134 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,028 Howard residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howard.

2,028live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howard goes to work

Mount Vernon8.4 mi away

28%601

Columbus45.8 mi away

6%133

Gambier4.5 mi away

3%72

Newark24.6 mi away

3%61

Apple Valley1.5 mi away

3%58

Miller13.1 mi away

2%51

Danville4.1 mi away

2%45

Howard0.7 mi away

2%42

Mansfield26.2 mi away

2%35

Westerville37 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,007

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

How far

How far Howard commutes

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

44%

11%

29%

16%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howard is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Howard are

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

Jobs based in Howard

462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Howard residents hold

2,134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+84%

Jobs based in Howard, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 462. 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.