Work & commute · Jerome

Work & commute in Jerome, OH

Most working residents leave Jerome for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (36%), Dublin (13%) and Marysville (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

185 of 5,398 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,213 Jerome residents head out of town to work, 185 work right here, and 5,759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jerome.

5,213live here, work elsewhere

185live and work here

5,759work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jerome goes to work

Columbus17.3 mi away

36%1,949

Dublin5.3 mi away

13%704

Marysville7.6 mi away

5%249

Jerome (in town)right here

3%174

Hilliard8.8 mi away

3%156

Westerville17.1 mi away

2%114

Allen14.9 mi away

2%112

Upper Arlington12 mi away

1%69

Liberty8.7 mi away

1%67

Delaware12.9 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,743

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

How far

How far Jerome commutes

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

31%

49%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jerome is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jerome are

5,944 jobs are based in Jerome. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jerome’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jerome

5,944 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Jerome residents hold

5,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+83%

Jobs based in Jerome, 2013 → 2023: 3,248 → 5,944. 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.