Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, OH

About one in 5 of Madison’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (20%), Hillsboro (6%) and Columbus (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

509 of 2,385 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 1,876 Madison residents head out of town to work, 509 work right here, and 1,568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

1,876live here, work elsewhere

509live and work here

1,568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Greenfield2.4 mi away

20%477

Hillsboro13 mi away

6%153

Columbus50.9 mi away

5%117

Wilmington22.2 mi away

5%114

Washington Court House14.3 mi away

4%101

Chillicothe22.8 mi away

3%62

Cincinnati59.5 mi away

2%55

Green27.6 mi away

2%51

Lynchburg20.5 mi away

2%49

Union16.2 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,158

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.

25%

32%

20%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

2,077 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

2,077 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Madison residents hold

2,385 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+28%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 1,627 → 2,077. 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.