Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, OH

Most working residents leave Jackson for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Youngstown (10%), Boardman (8%) and Austintown (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
83 of 913 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 830 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 3,708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

830live here, work elsewhere
83live and work here
3,708work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Jackson goes to work

StruthersCampbellSalemNilesWarrenLordstownYoungstownEllsworthCanfieldJacksonMiltonBoardmanAustintownAustintownYoungstownBoardmanAustintownWarrenLordstownCanfieldMiltonAustintownSalemJackson
1
Youngstown11.2 mi away
10%92
2
Jackson (in town)right here
9%83
3
Boardman11.1 mi away
8%74
4
Austintown6.3 mi away
6%54
5
Warren10.9 mi away
4%40
6
Lordstown5.9 mi away
4%34
7
Canfield6.6 mi away
3%25
8
Milton4.9 mi away
2%19
9
Austintown5.2 mi away
2%18
10
Salem12.5 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%458

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.

39%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is a job hub

4.15jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

3,791 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

3,791 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities44%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

913 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+38%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 2,741 → 3,791. 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.

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