Work & commute · Jackson Center

Work & commute in Jackson Center, OH

Most working residents leave Jackson Center for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Sidney (14%), Anna (5%) and Franklin (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

73 of 642 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 569 Jackson Center residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 1,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson Center.

569live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

1,647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson Center goes to work

Sidney11.9 mi away

14%89

Jackson Center (in town)right here

11%73

Anna7.4 mi away

5%32

Franklin8.7 mi away

5%30

Jackson0.9 mi away

4%27

Botkins7.1 mi away

3%22

Minster17.7 mi away

2%16

Columbus63.9 mi away

2%16

Bellefontaine15.7 mi away

2%14

New Bremen17.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%311

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

How far

How far Jackson Center commutes

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

33%

14%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson Center is a job hub

2.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson Center are

1,720 jobs are based in Jackson Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jackson Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jackson Center

1,720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Jackson Center residents hold

642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+138%

Jobs based in Jackson Center, 2013 → 2023: 723 → 1,720. 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.