Work & commute · Licking

Work & commute in Licking, OH

Most working residents leave Licking for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (20%), Newark (15%) and Heath (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 2,250 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,190 Licking residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Licking.

2,190live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Licking goes to work

Columbus30.1 mi away

20%454

Newark6.6 mi away

15%339

Heath3.3 mi away

8%169

Hebron3.7 mi away

3%64

Union5.9 mi away

2%52

New Albany20.4 mi away

2%50

Licking (in town)right here

2%44

Zanesville21.5 mi away

2%42

Westerville28.1 mi away

2%42

Etna14.5 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%956

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

How far

How far Licking commutes

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

35%

20%

30%

15%

35%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Licking is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Licking are

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

Jobs based in Licking

901 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Licking residents hold

2,250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+4%

Jobs based in Licking, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 901. 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.