Work & commute · Sharon

Work & commute in Sharon, OH

Most working residents leave Sharon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (52%), Worthington (7%) and Dublin (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

569 of 8,292 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,723 Sharon residents head out of town to work, 569 work right here, and 15,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sharon.

7,723live here, work elsewhere

569live and work here

15,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sharon goes to work

Columbus8.1 mi away

52%4,350

Worthington0.4 mi away

7%556

Dublin7 mi away

5%432

Westerville5.5 mi away

3%271

New Albany12.7 mi away

2%155

Upper Arlington5.9 mi away

2%128

Gahanna8.4 mi away

2%128

Hilliard8.9 mi away

1%113

Orange5.4 mi away

1%96

Grove City16.4 mi away

1%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,985

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

How far

How far Sharon commutes

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

71%

15%

12%

71%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sharon is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sharon are

15,626 jobs are based in Sharon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sharon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sharon

15,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Sharon residents hold

8,292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+7%

Jobs based in Sharon, 2013 → 2023: 14,556 → 15,626. 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.