Work & commute · Meigs

Work & commute in Meigs, OH

Most working residents leave Meigs for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are West Union (9%), Peebles (6%) and Franklin (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

121 of 1,156 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,035 Meigs residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meigs.

1,035live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meigs goes to work

West Union12.1 mi away

9%108

Peebles3.6 mi away

6%72

Meigs (in town)right here

4%49

Franklin5.6 mi away

4%45

Columbus77.5 mi away

4%44

Hillsboro24.9 mi away

4%41

Seaman10.7 mi away

3%38

Portsmouth25 mi away

3%37

Cincinnati63 mi away

3%31

Winchester15.7 mi away

3%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%662

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

How far

How far Meigs commutes

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

23%

28%

18%

32%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meigs is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Meigs are

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

Jobs based in Meigs

490 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Meigs residents hold

1,156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−11%

Jobs based in Meigs, 2013 → 2023: 553 → 490. 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.