Work & commute · New London

Work & commute in New London, OH

Most working residents leave New London for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are New London (13%), Norwalk (11%) and Wellington (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

199 of 1,417 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 1,218 New London residents head out of town to work, 199 work right here, and 570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New London.

1,218live here, work elsewhere

199live and work here

570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New London goes to work

New London1.5 mi away

13%190

Norwalk15.2 mi away

11%158

Wellington9.4 mi away

5%68

Ashland16.5 mi away

4%56

Elyria24.6 mi away

3%42

Cleveland45.3 mi away

2%28

Townsend12 mi away

2%27

Columbus83 mi away

2%26

Sandusky29.9 mi away

2%25

Mansfield24.1 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%773

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

How far

How far New London commutes

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

19%

43%

24%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New London is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New London are

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

Jobs based in New London

769 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs New London residents hold

1,417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+14%

Jobs based in New London, 2013 → 2023: 677 → 769. 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.