Work & commute · Somerford

Work & commute in Somerford, OH

Most working residents leave Somerford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (28%), London (10%) and Dublin (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,499 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,449 Somerford residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somerford.

1,449live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somerford goes to work

Columbus26.7 mi away

28%426

London6.3 mi away

10%154

Dublin20.5 mi away

4%64

Hilliard18 mi away

2%36

Choctaw Lake1 mi away

2%34

West Jefferson9.2 mi away

2%31

Springfield16.5 mi away

2%31

Union7.2 mi away

2%24

Grove City23.6 mi away

2%23

Westerville32.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%654

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

How far

How far Somerford commutes

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

18%

33%

35%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somerford is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Somerford are

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

Jobs based in Somerford

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Somerford residents hold

1,499 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−67%

Jobs based in Somerford, 2013 → 2023: 479 → 157. 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.