Work & commute · Sutton

Work & commute in Sutton, OH

Most working residents leave Sutton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pomeroy (7%), Athens (5%) and Columbus (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 1,228 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,166 Sutton residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sutton.

1,166live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sutton goes to work

Pomeroy6.8 mi away

7%88

Athens24.5 mi away

5%66

Columbus88.8 mi away

5%66

Salisbury8.6 mi away

5%59

Letart6.2 mi away

4%51

Racine2.4 mi away

4%45

Middleport8.3 mi away

3%38

Green23.9 mi away

3%38

Chester5.2 mi away

2%30

Marietta38.2 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%720

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

How far

How far Sutton commutes

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

35%

18%

16%

31%

35%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sutton is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sutton are

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

Jobs based in Sutton

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Sutton residents hold

1,228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+19%

Jobs based in Sutton, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 299. 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.