Work & commute · Powell

Work & commute in Powell, OH

Most working residents leave Powell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (44%), Dublin (8%) and Liberty (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

184 of 6,678 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,494 Powell residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 3,012 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powell.

6,494live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

3,012work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powell goes to work

Columbus13.6 mi away

44%2,918

Dublin5.1 mi away

8%534

Liberty1.4 mi away

5%323

Westerville9.4 mi away

3%224

Orange4.7 mi away

3%186

Powell (in town)right here

3%184

Delaware8.2 mi away

2%165

Worthington5.9 mi away

2%120

Hilliard10 mi away

2%110

New Albany17.2 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,814

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

How far

How far Powell commutes

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

43%

40%

13%

43%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powell is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Powell are

3,196 jobs are based in Powell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Powell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Powell

3,196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Powell residents hold

6,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+12%

Jobs based in Powell, 2013 → 2023: 2,841 → 3,196. 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.