Work & commute · Pickerington

Work & commute in Pickerington, OH

Most working residents leave Pickerington for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (40%), Violet (3%) and Reynoldsburg (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

720 of 11,155 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,435 Pickerington residents head out of town to work, 720 work right here, and 6,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pickerington.

10,435live here, work elsewhere

720live and work here

6,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pickerington goes to work

Columbus13.5 mi away

40%4,505

Pickerington (in town)right here

6%720

Violet1.3 mi away

3%339

Reynoldsburg5.2 mi away

3%290

Canal Winchester4.1 mi away

2%269

Gahanna11.9 mi away

2%265

Lancaster14 mi away

2%245

New Albany14 mi away

2%223

Grove City16.1 mi away

2%218

Groveport7.1 mi away

2%212

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%3,869

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

How far

How far Pickerington commutes

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

31%

51%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pickerington is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pickerington are

6,743 jobs are based in Pickerington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pickerington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pickerington

6,743 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Pickerington residents hold

11,155 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+37%

Jobs based in Pickerington, 2013 → 2023: 4,918 → 6,743. 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.