Work & commute · Mount Gilead

Work & commute in Mount Gilead, OH

Most working residents leave Mount Gilead for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (12%), Marion (5%) and Marion (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

168 of 1,434 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,266 Mount Gilead residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 1,816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Gilead.

1,266live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

1,816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Gilead goes to work

Columbus40.2 mi away

12%175

Mount Gilead (in town)right here

12%168

Marion15.8 mi away

5%78

Marion16.2 mi away

4%63

Delaware22.6 mi away

4%62

Bennington11.9 mi away

3%38

Cardington5.2 mi away

3%36

Mansfield21.4 mi away

2%32

Westerville30.1 mi away

2%29

Mount Vernon21.5 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%729

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

How far

How far Mount Gilead commutes

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

18%

34%

30%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Gilead is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Gilead are

1,984 jobs are based in Mount Gilead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Gilead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Gilead

1,984 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Mount Gilead residents hold

1,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+16%

Jobs based in Mount Gilead, 2013 → 2023: 1,714 → 1,984. 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.