Work & commute · Pataskala

Work & commute in Pataskala, OH

Most working residents leave Pataskala for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (36%), Etna (6%) and New Albany (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

419 of 8,487 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,068 Pataskala residents head out of town to work, 419 work right here, and 3,894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pataskala.

8,068live here, work elsewhere

419live and work here

3,894work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pataskala goes to work

Columbus14.2 mi away

36%3,070

Etna4.9 mi away

6%497

Pataskala (in town)right here

5%419

New Albany5.6 mi away

4%378

Reynoldsburg5.4 mi away

3%256

Westerville12.5 mi away

3%254

Gahanna8.5 mi away

3%225

Newark16.1 mi away

2%201

Whitehall9.3 mi away

2%128

Groveport14.4 mi away

1%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,937

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

How far

How far Pataskala commutes

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

35%

47%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pataskala is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pataskala are

4,313 jobs are based in Pataskala. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pataskala’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pataskala

4,313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pataskala residents hold

8,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+45%

Jobs based in Pataskala, 2013 → 2023: 2,970 → 4,313. 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.