Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, OH

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (44%), Groveport (5%) and Canal Winchester (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,431 of 12,671 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,240 Madison residents head out of town to work, 1,431 work right here, and 25,126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

11,240live here, work elsewhere

1,431live and work here

25,126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Columbus12.1 mi away

44%5,526

Groveport2 mi away

5%692

Canal Winchester2.5 mi away

4%501

Obetz4.6 mi away

3%393

Grove City10.9 mi away

3%375

Dublin24.2 mi away

2%268

Gahanna13.8 mi away

2%241

Westerville20 mi away

2%229

Whitehall9.2 mi away

1%181

New Albany18.2 mi away

1%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%4,093

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

40%

43%

13%

40%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

26,557 jobs are based in Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison

26,557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Madison residents hold

12,671 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+70%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 15,637 → 26,557. 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.