Work & commute · Sugar Grove

Work & commute in Sugar Grove, OH

Most working residents leave Sugar Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (22%), Columbus (18%) and Berne (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 205 Sugar Grove residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sugar Grove.

205live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sugar Grove goes to work

Lancaster7.3 mi away

22%47

Columbus33.9 mi away

18%39

Sugar Grove (in town)right here

3%7

Berne1.9 mi away

3%7

Cleveland135.5 mi away

3%6

Logan9.7 mi away

2%5

Westerville39.3 mi away

2%5

Worthington40.9 mi away

2%4

Canal Winchester20.9 mi away

1%3

New Albany34 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%86

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

How far

How far Sugar Grove commutes

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

37%

11%

34%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sugar Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sugar Grove are

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

Jobs based in Sugar Grove

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Sugar Grove residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+15%

Jobs based in Sugar Grove, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 224. 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.