Work & commute · Lexington

Work & commute in Lexington, OH

Most working residents leave Lexington for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Mansfield (25%), Columbus (7%) and Ontario (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

205 of 1,894 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 1,689 Lexington residents head out of town to work, 205 work right here, and 2,639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lexington.

1,689live here, work elsewhere

205live and work here

2,639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lexington goes to work

Mansfield6.4 mi away

25%473

Lexington (in town)right here

11%205

Columbus52.6 mi away

7%142

Ontario6.3 mi away

7%130

Galion11.3 mi away

3%63

Ashland18.9 mi away

3%63

Mount Vernon20.9 mi away

2%40

Washington3.7 mi away

2%35

Madison9.3 mi away

1%26

Troy2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%691

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

How far

How far Lexington commutes

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

50%

16%

10%

24%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lexington is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lexington are

2,844 jobs are based in Lexington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lexington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lexington

2,844 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Lexington residents hold

1,894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+27%

Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 2,244 → 2,844. 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.