Work & commute · New Albany

Work & commute in New Albany, OH

Most working residents leave New Albany for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (46%), Westerville (4%) and Gahanna (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

548 of 5,097 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,549 New Albany residents head out of town to work, 548 work right here, and 20,730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Albany.

4,549live here, work elsewhere

548live and work here

20,730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Albany goes to work

Columbus13.3 mi away

46%2,359

New Albany (in town)right here

11%548

Westerville7.8 mi away

4%214

Gahanna6.7 mi away

3%168

Dublin19.7 mi away

3%156

Worthington13.1 mi away

1%52

Cleveland111.7 mi away

1%48

Orange13.2 mi away

1%46

Whitehall10.2 mi away

1%42

Cincinnati113.2 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,425

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

How far

How far New Albany commutes

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

40%

44%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Albany is a job hub

4.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Albany are

21,278 jobs are based in New Albany. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Albany’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Albany

21,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs New Albany residents hold

5,097 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+89%

Jobs based in New Albany, 2013 → 2023: 11,271 → 21,278. 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.