Work & commute · Penn

Work & commute in Penn, OH

Most working residents leave Penn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (13%), Wilmington (12%) and Leesburg (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 633 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 623 Penn residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penn.

623live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penn goes to work

Hillsboro5.5 mi away

13%83

Wilmington15.2 mi away

12%75

Leesburg4.3 mi away

5%33

Columbus58 mi away

5%32

Liberty20.7 mi away

3%21

Lynchburg10.7 mi away

3%19

Greenfield12 mi away

3%19

Washington Court House19.3 mi away

3%17

Blue Ash42.4 mi away

2%12

Cincinnati49.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%310

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

How far

How far Penn commutes

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

26%

30%

25%

19%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penn is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penn are

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

Jobs based in Penn

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Penn residents hold

633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−53%

Jobs based in Penn, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 182. 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.