Work & commute · Jacksonville

Work & commute in Jacksonville, OH

Most working residents leave Jacksonville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (24%), Logan (8%) and Columbus (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 136 Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville.

136live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville goes to work

Athens10.4 mi away

24%33

Logan18 mi away

8%11

Columbus59.6 mi away

6%8

Nelsonville7.6 mi away

5%7

Lancaster32.9 mi away

4%5

Glouster1.8 mi away

2%3

Marietta34 mi away

2%3

Monroe7.7 mi away

2%3

New Lexington18 mi away

1%2

Canal Winchester47 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%60

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

How far

How far Jacksonville commutes

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

26%

30%

20%

24%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville are

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

Jobs based in Jacksonville

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Jacksonville residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−24%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 45. 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.