Work & commute · New Lexington

Work & commute in New Lexington, OH

About one in 5 of New Lexington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (10%), Columbus (9%) and Zanesville (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

362 of 1,736 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,374 New Lexington residents head out of town to work, 362 work right here, and 1,709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Lexington.

1,374live here, work elsewhere

362live and work here

1,709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Lexington goes to work

New Lexington (in town)right here

21%362

Lancaster21.2 mi away

10%169

Columbus45.3 mi away

9%160

Zanesville19.5 mi away

6%97

Pike2.4 mi away

5%85

Newark27.1 mi away

2%41

Somerset7.9 mi away

1%25

Rush Creek11.8 mi away

1%20

Heath24.4 mi away

1%19

Junction City5 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%740

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

How far

How far New Lexington commutes

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

32%

27%

23%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Lexington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Lexington are

2,071 jobs are based in New Lexington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Lexington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Lexington

2,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs New Lexington residents hold

1,736 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in New Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 2,000 → 2,071. 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.