Work & commute · Kenton

Work & commute in Kenton, OH

About one in 4 of Kenton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (5%), Bellefontaine (5%) and Buck (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

820 of 2,996 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,176 Kenton residents head out of town to work, 820 work right here, and 2,608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenton.

2,176live here, work elsewhere

820live and work here

2,608work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenton goes to work

Kenton (in town)right here

27%820

Columbus56.3 mi away

5%159

Bellefontaine21.1 mi away

5%141

Buck2.5 mi away

4%111

Marysville32.7 mi away

3%102

Lima27 mi away

3%91

Allen28.4 mi away

3%82

Perry20.7 mi away

3%78

Marion25.8 mi away

2%60

Findlay27.8 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,305

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

How far

How far Kenton commutes

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

33%

17%

26%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenton are

3,428 jobs are based in Kenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenton

3,428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Kenton residents hold

2,996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Kenton, 2013 → 2023: 3,467 → 3,428. 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.