Work & commute · Seal

Work & commute in Seal, OH

Most working residents leave Seal for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Waverly (16%), Piketon (8%) and Columbus (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

139 of 1,263 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 1,124 Seal residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 1,441 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seal.

1,124live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

1,441work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seal goes to work

Waverly3.4 mi away

16%197

Piketon1.5 mi away

8%100

Columbus62.8 mi away

7%88

Chillicothe18.2 mi away

6%77

Green24.7 mi away

5%69

Scioto5.8 mi away

5%63

Portsmouth22.4 mi away

3%43

Newton6.8 mi away

3%42

Seal (in town)right here

3%39

Union24.3 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%514

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

How far

How far Seal commutes

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

39%

28%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seal are

1,580 jobs are based in Seal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seal

1,580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Seal residents hold

1,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−57%

Jobs based in Seal, 2013 → 2023: 3,642 → 1,580. 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.