Work & commute · Lake Darby

Work & commute in Lake Darby, OH

Most working residents leave Lake Darby for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (49%), Hilliard (6%) and Dublin (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 2,287 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,276 Lake Darby residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Darby.

2,276live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Darby goes to work

Columbus12.5 mi away

49%1,113

Hilliard6 mi away

6%134

Dublin11.1 mi away

5%125

Grove City10.5 mi away

2%53

Upper Arlington9.1 mi away

2%41

West Jefferson5.2 mi away

1%31

Westerville19.6 mi away

1%28

Gahanna18.7 mi away

1%24

Cincinnati89 mi away

1%24

Obetz16.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%692

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

How far

How far Lake Darby commutes

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

26%

58%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Darby is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Darby are

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

Jobs based in Lake Darby

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lake Darby residents hold

2,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+1%

Jobs based in Lake Darby, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 86. 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.