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 Norwalk (11%), Ashland (5%) and Wellington (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

145 of 1,053 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 908 New London residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New London.

908live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New London goes to work

New London (in town)right here

14%145

Norwalk15.5 mi away

11%120

Ashland15.4 mi away

5%48

Wellington10.6 mi away

4%46

Elyria26.1 mi away

3%29

Sandusky30.5 mi away

2%21

Willard16.7 mi away

2%19

Cleveland46.7 mi away

2%18

Milan19 mi away

2%18

Columbus81.5 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%572

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

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New London are

734 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

734 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

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

1,053 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+11%

Jobs based in New London, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 734. 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.