Work & commute · Scioto

Work & commute in Scioto, OH

Most working residents leave Scioto for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Waverly (13%), Columbus (8%) and Chillicothe (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 418 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 384 Scioto residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 2,337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scioto.

384live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

2,337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scioto goes to work

Waverly9.1 mi away

13%53

Columbus68.5 mi away

8%34

Scioto (in town)right here

8%34

Chillicothe23.9 mi away

6%27

Portsmouth16.9 mi away

6%25

Piketon4.9 mi away

4%18

Jackson19.3 mi away

2%10

Green30.5 mi away

2%10

Union29.7 mi away

2%9

Newton5.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%189

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

How far

How far Scioto commutes

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

24%

31%

13%

32%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scioto is a job hub

5.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scioto are

2,371 jobs are based in Scioto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scioto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scioto

2,371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Scioto residents hold

418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+275%

Jobs based in Scioto, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 2,371. 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.