Work & commute · Obetz

Work & commute in Obetz, OH

Most working residents leave Obetz for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (49%), Groveport (5%) and Grove City (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,530 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,406 Obetz residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 13,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Obetz.

2,406live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

13,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Obetz goes to work

Columbus8.6 mi away

49%1,236

Obetz (in town)right here

5%124

Groveport2.9 mi away

5%115

Grove City6.5 mi away

4%101

Gahanna12.3 mi away

2%58

Dublin20.2 mi away

2%56

Westerville18 mi away

2%45

Hamilton1.3 mi away

1%37

New Albany18 mi away

1%32

Whitehall7.9 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%698

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

How far

How far Obetz commutes

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

53%

33%

12%

53%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Obetz is a job hub

5.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Obetz are

13,188 jobs are based in Obetz. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Obetz’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Obetz

13,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Obetz residents hold

2,530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+148%

Jobs based in Obetz, 2013 → 2023: 5,324 → 13,188. 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.