Work & commute · Scioto

Work & commute in Scioto, OH

About one in 3 of Scioto’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (28%), Green (11%) and Columbus (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

3,135 of 10,351 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 7,216 Scioto residents head out of town to work, 3,135 work right here, and 10,426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scioto.

7,216live here, work elsewhere

3,135live and work here

10,426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scioto goes to work

Chillicothe1.7 mi away

28%2,923

Green9 mi away

11%1,112

Columbus46.3 mi away

8%817

Union8.1 mi away

7%692

Scioto (in town)right here

3%298

Pickaway14.9 mi away

2%210

Circleville20 mi away

2%162

Waverly13.1 mi away

1%155

Washington Court House27.7 mi away

1%121

Scioto22.2 mi away

1%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,741

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.

51%

10%

19%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scioto is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scioto are

13,561 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

13,561 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Scioto residents hold

10,351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Scioto, 2013 → 2023: 12,665 → 13,561. 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.