Work & commute · Nelsonville

Work & commute in Nelsonville, OH

Most working residents leave Nelsonville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (15%), Columbus (8%) and Logan (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

233 of 1,452 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,219 Nelsonville residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 1,433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nelsonville.

1,219live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

1,433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nelsonville goes to work

Nelsonville (in town)right here

16%233

Athens11.3 mi away

15%222

Columbus54.5 mi away

8%113

Logan11.2 mi away

6%88

Lancaster27.4 mi away

4%54

The Plains8.1 mi away

2%31

York2.2 mi away

1%16

Hocking27.9 mi away

1%14

Glouster7.9 mi away

1%11

New Lexington17.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%659

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

How far

How far Nelsonville commutes

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

26%

19%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nelsonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nelsonville are

1,666 jobs are based in Nelsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nelsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nelsonville

1,666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Nelsonville residents hold

1,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Nelsonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,715 → 1,666. 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.