Work & commute · Logan

Work & commute in Logan, OH

About one in 3 of Logan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (9%), Columbus (6%) and Falls (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

790 of 2,646 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,856 Logan residents head out of town to work, 790 work right here, and 3,708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Logan.

1,856live here, work elsewhere

790live and work here

3,708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Logan goes to work

Logan (in town)right here

30%790

Lancaster16.7 mi away

9%244

Columbus43.6 mi away

6%165

Falls0.5 mi away

4%95

Athens21.9 mi away

4%93

Nelsonville11.2 mi away

2%59

Green4.1 mi away

2%54

Chillicothe34.3 mi away

1%38

Canal Winchester30.6 mi away

1%30

Greenfield21.9 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,050

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

How far

How far Logan commutes

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

40%

23%

20%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Logan is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Logan are

4,498 jobs are based in Logan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Logan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Logan

4,498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Logan residents hold

2,646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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Jobs based in Logan, 2013 → 2023: 4,507 → 4,498. 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.