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Work & commute · Lawrence

Work & commute in Lawrence, OH

Most working residents leave Lawrence for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ironton (12%), Ashland (10%) and Huntington (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
17 of 944 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 927 Lawrence residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrence.

927live here, work elsewhere
17live and work here
56work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Lawrence goes to work

AshlandProctorvilleRacineCoal GroveIrontonMariettaAthensPortsmouthColumbusHuntingtonFayetteWindsorUnionUpperPerryAidElizabethHamiltonLawrenceIrontonAshlandHuntingtonColumbusPortsmouthAidElizabethCoal GroveUnionProctorvilleLawrence
1
Ironton7.9 mi away
12%113
2
Ashland, KY8.9 mi away
10%92
3
Huntington, WV11.5 mi away
10%91
4
Columbus101.6 mi away
3%33
5
Portsmouth26.1 mi away
2%23
6
Aid6 mi away
2%22
7
Elizabeth9.3 mi away
2%22
8
Coal Grove7 mi away
2%18
9
Union8 mi away
2%18
10
Proctorville11.7 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%495

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

How far

How far Lawrence commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrence is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrence are

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

Jobs based in Lawrence

73 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)84%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)12%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lawrence residents hold

944 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−40%

Jobs based in Lawrence, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 73. 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.

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