Work & commute · Sunsbury

Work & commute in Sunsbury, OH

Most working residents leave Sunsbury for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Woodsfield (12%), Barnesville (5%) and Center (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 385 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 360 Sunsbury residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunsbury.

360live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunsbury goes to work

Woodsfield5.8 mi away

12%48

Barnesville14 mi away

5%18

Sunsbury (in town)right here

4%17

Center5.7 mi away

4%16

Cambridge32.5 mi away

4%14

Columbus104.2 mi away

3%13

Hannibal13.2 mi away

3%10

St. Clairsville19.3 mi away

2%9

Beallsville2.2 mi away

2%8

Jackson30.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%224

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

How far

How far Sunsbury commutes

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

28%

30%

15%

27%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunsbury is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunsbury are

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

Jobs based in Sunsbury

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Sunsbury residents hold

385 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+52%

Jobs based in Sunsbury, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 199. 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.