Work & commute · McArthur

Work & commute in McArthur, OH

Most working residents leave McArthur for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Elk (7%), Wellston (6%) and Columbus (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

84 of 714 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 630 McArthur residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McArthur.

630live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McArthur goes to work

McArthur (in town)right here

12%84

Elk0.9 mi away

7%50

Wellston9.5 mi away

6%42

Columbus57.7 mi away

6%42

Green27 mi away

5%37

Chillicothe28.4 mi away

5%33

Jackson16.6 mi away

4%29

Hamden6.6 mi away

3%24

Clinton4.4 mi away

3%23

Athens20.9 mi away

3%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%329

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

How far

How far McArthur commutes

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

33%

18%

23%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McArthur is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McArthur are

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

Jobs based in McArthur

666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs McArthur residents hold

714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in McArthur, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 666. 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.