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
6%
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
5%
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

BremenNew LexingtonLoganCanal WinchesterHeathWestervilleLancasterNewarkColumbusFallsJacksonBerneGreenfieldPleasantMarionRichlandRush CreekReadingColumbusLancasterRichlandBremenGreenfieldNewarkCanal WinchesterHeathWestervilleRush Creek
1
Columbus35.5 mi away
22%370
2
Lancaster9.6 mi away
20%344
3
Richland5.9 mi away
4%61
4
Bremen0.3 mi away
3%57
5
Rush Creek (in town)right here
2%37
6
Greenfield14.1 mi away
2%30
7
Newark25.5 mi away
2%29
8
Canal Winchester23.1 mi away
1%18
9
Heath22 mi away
1%18
10
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%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.

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