Work & commute · Norwich

Work & commute in Norwich, OH

Most working residents leave Norwich for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (48%), Hilliard (9%) and Dublin (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,550 of 18,980 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,430 Norwich residents head out of town to work, 1,550 work right here, and 18,160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwich.

17,430live here, work elsewhere

1,550live and work here

18,160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwich goes to work

Columbus9 mi away

48%9,046

Hilliard0.8 mi away

9%1,632

Dublin5.4 mi away

8%1,488

Westerville13.5 mi away

2%404

Grove City12.4 mi away

2%331

Upper Arlington3.8 mi away

2%299

Gahanna13.9 mi away

1%226

Worthington7.7 mi away

1%202

Orange12.5 mi away

1%170

Grandview Heights6.7 mi away

1%159

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%5,023

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

How far

How far Norwich commutes

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

57%

28%

12%

57%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwich is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwich are

19,710 jobs are based in Norwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwich

19,710 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Norwich residents hold

18,980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+37%

Jobs based in Norwich, 2013 → 2023: 14,412 → 19,710. 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.