Work & commute · Jersey

Work & commute in Jersey, OH

Most working residents leave Jersey for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (29%), New Albany (11%) and Gahanna (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 1,132 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,063 Jersey residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 5,811 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jersey.

1,063live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

5,811work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jersey goes to work

Columbus15.9 mi away

29%326

New Albany3.1 mi away

11%122

Gahanna9.3 mi away

5%51

Westerville10.8 mi away

4%50

Pataskala4.7 mi away

4%47

Newark15.4 mi away

3%37

Johnstown4.6 mi away

2%27

Dublin22.8 mi away

2%20

Jersey (in town)right here

2%17

Jefferson6.2 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%421

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

How far

How far Jersey commutes

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

30%

51%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jersey is a job hub

5.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jersey are

5,880 jobs are based in Jersey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jersey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jersey

5,880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Jersey residents hold

1,132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+682%

Jobs based in Jersey, 2013 → 2023: 752 → 5,880. 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.