Work & commute · Octa

Work & commute in Octa, OH

Most working residents leave Octa for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Union (12%), Washington Court House (8%) and Columbus (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 25 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 25 Octa residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Octa.

25live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Octa goes to work

Union8.1 mi away

12%3

Washington Court House11 mi away

8%2

Columbus42 mi away

8%2

Torrington, CT569.4 mi away

4%1

Jamestown7.6 mi away

4%1

Mount Sterling19.2 mi away

4%1

Westfield Center131.8 mi away

4%1

Circleville36.1 mi away

4%1

London21.7 mi away

4%1

Heath68.1 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%11

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

How far

How far Octa commutes

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

20%

32%

28%

20%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Octa is a job hub

3.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Octa are

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

Jobs based in Octa

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less51%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Octa residents hold

25 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−33%

Jobs based in Octa, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 79. 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.