Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, OH

Most working residents leave Jackson for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (47%), Grove City (11%) and Dublin (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,827 of 23,080 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,253 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 2,827 work right here, and 24,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

20,253live here, work elsewhere

2,827live and work here

24,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson goes to work

Columbus10.1 mi away

47%10,763

Grove City0.8 mi away

11%2,586

Dublin18.3 mi away

3%779

Hilliard13.3 mi away

2%487

Westerville20.3 mi away

2%385

Gahanna16.1 mi away

1%327

Obetz6.7 mi away

1%288

Groveport9.5 mi away

1%276

Worthington16.9 mi away

1%193

Upper Arlington11.9 mi away

1%192

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%6,804

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

How far

How far Jackson commutes

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

47%

37%

13%

47%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

27,082 jobs are based in Jackson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jackson

27,082 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

23,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+37%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 19,823 → 27,082. 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.