Work & commute · Mansfield

Work & commute in Mansfield, OH

About one in 3 of Mansfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (7%), Ontario (6%) and Lexington (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

5,489 of 16,807 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 11,318 Mansfield residents head out of town to work, 5,489 work right here, and 16,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mansfield.

11,318live here, work elsewhere

5,489live and work here

16,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mansfield goes to work

Mansfield (in town)right here

33%5,489

Columbus59 mi away

7%1,158

Ontario4.4 mi away

6%1,068

Lexington6.4 mi away

4%651

Ashland13.3 mi away

3%531

Madison3.3 mi away

2%388

Shelby10.5 mi away

2%266

Galion13.2 mi away

1%248

Washington6.3 mi away

1%199

Cleveland66.2 mi away

1%188

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%6,621

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

How far

How far Mansfield commutes

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

51%

11%

29%

51%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mansfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mansfield are

22,030 jobs are based in Mansfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mansfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mansfield

22,030 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Mansfield residents hold

16,807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−12%

Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 25,161 → 22,030. 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.