Work & commute · Ohio

Work & commute in Ohio, OH

Most working residents leave Ohio for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Woodsfield (10%), New Martinsville (10%) and Hannibal (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

27 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 236 Ohio residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ohio.

236live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ohio goes to work

Woodsfield13.4 mi away

10%27

New Martinsville, WV3.3 mi away

10%26

Hannibal1.5 mi away

6%15

Ohio (in town)right here

5%12

Mead17.8 mi away

4%10

Marietta35.3 mi away

3%8

Adams8.4 mi away

2%6

Sardis4.5 mi away

2%6

Clarington6 mi away

2%5

Moundsville, WV17.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%143

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

How far

How far Ohio commutes

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

32%

28%

18%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ohio is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ohio are

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

Jobs based in Ohio

409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Ohio residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1536%

Jobs based in Ohio, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 409. 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.