Work & commute · Rio Grande

Work & commute in Rio Grande, OH

Most working residents leave Rio Grande for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Green (10%), Gallipolis (8%) and Jackson (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 199 Rio Grande residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rio Grande.

199live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rio Grande goes to work

Green7.3 mi away

10%22

Gallipolis11 mi away

8%18

Jackson18.2 mi away

8%17

Rio Grande (in town)right here

6%13

Perry5 mi away

4%8

Springfield5.1 mi away

3%7

Raccoon1.7 mi away

2%5

Chillicothe45.9 mi away

2%4

Columbus82.9 mi away

2%4

Wheelersburg27 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%110

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

How far

How far Rio Grande commutes

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

30%

28%

15%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rio Grande is a job hub

2.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rio Grande are

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

Jobs based in Rio Grande

536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Rio Grande residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−7%

Jobs based in Rio Grande, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 536. 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.