Work & commute · Johnson

Work & commute in Johnson, OH

Most working residents leave Johnson for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Urbana (10%), Springfield (6%) and St. Paris (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

140 of 1,174 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,034 Johnson residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 1,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnson.

1,034live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

1,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnson goes to work

Urbana11.5 mi away

10%115

Johnson (in town)right here

7%78

Springfield18.4 mi away

6%74

St. Paris2.4 mi away

5%64

Troy16 mi away

5%62

Columbus53 mi away

5%57

Sidney14 mi away

4%48

Piqua14.9 mi away

4%45

Moorefield16.7 mi away

2%26

Allen25.7 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%584

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

How far

How far Johnson commutes

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

18%

47%

16%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnson are

1,365 jobs are based in Johnson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnson

1,365 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Johnson residents hold

1,174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Johnson, 2013 → 2023: 1,343 → 1,365. 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.