Work & commute · Rush Creek

Work & commute in Rush Creek, OH

Most working residents leave Rush Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (22%), Lancaster (20%) and Richland (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 1,702 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 1,608 Rush Creek residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rush Creek.

1,608live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rush Creek goes to work

Columbus35.5 mi away

22%370

Lancaster9.6 mi away

20%344

Richland5.9 mi away

4%61

Bremen0.3 mi away

3%57

Rush Creek (in town)right here

2%37

Greenfield14.1 mi away

2%30

Newark25.5 mi away

2%29

Canal Winchester23.1 mi away

1%18

Heath22 mi away

1%18

Westerville38.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%722

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

How far

How far Rush Creek commutes

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

27%

20%

37%

16%

27%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rush Creek 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 Rush Creek are

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

Jobs based in Rush Creek

816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Rush Creek residents hold

1,702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−22%

Jobs based in Rush Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,042 → 816. 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.