Work & commute · Lynchburg

Work & commute in Lynchburg, OH

Most working residents leave Lynchburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (12%), Wilmington (10%) and Columbus (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 591 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 564 Lynchburg residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynchburg.

564live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynchburg goes to work

Hillsboro9.6 mi away

12%73

Wilmington13.2 mi away

10%60

Columbus66.9 mi away

5%32

Lynchburg (in town)right here

5%27

Liberty20.7 mi away

3%16

Dodson2.1 mi away

2%13

Union17.7 mi away

2%12

Blue Ash32.1 mi away

2%11

Liberty11.2 mi away

2%11

Cincinnati39.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%326

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

How far

How far Lynchburg commutes

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

22%

29%

28%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynchburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynchburg are

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

Jobs based in Lynchburg

705 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lynchburg residents hold

591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+6%

Jobs based in Lynchburg, 2013 → 2023: 667 → 705. 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.