Work & commute · South Mount Vernon

Work & commute in South Mount Vernon, OH

Most working residents leave South Mount Vernon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Vernon (37%), Columbus (8%) and Miller (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 283 South Mount Vernon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Mount Vernon.

283live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

350work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Mount Vernon goes to work

Mount Vernon1 mi away

37%105

Columbus37.5 mi away

8%24

Miller5.5 mi away

4%12

Gambier5.7 mi away

2%6

Sunbury21.8 mi away

1%4

New Albany24.8 mi away

1%4

Newark21.9 mi away

1%4

Cincinnati136.7 mi away

1%4

Heath25.2 mi away

1%3

Zanesville39.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%116

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

How far

How far South Mount Vernon commutes

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

48%

23%

19%

48%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Mount Vernon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Mount Vernon are

352 jobs are based in South Mount Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Mount Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Mount Vernon

352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs South Mount Vernon residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+18%

Jobs based in South Mount Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 352. 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.