Work & commute · Swan

Work & commute in Swan, OH

Most working residents leave Swan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Green (8%), Columbus (7%) and Chillicothe (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 336 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

48 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 329 Swan residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan.

329live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swan goes to work

Green24.6 mi away

8%28

Columbus51.3 mi away

7%22

Chillicothe28 mi away

6%20

Elk6.8 mi away

5%18

Union31.5 mi away

4%15

McArthur7.6 mi away

4%14

Lancaster26.4 mi away

4%14

Wellston16.9 mi away

3%11

Logan13 mi away

2%8

Jackson23.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%178

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

How far

How far Swan commutes

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

18%

19%

42%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swan is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swan are

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

Jobs based in Swan

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Swan residents hold

336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+18%

Jobs based in Swan, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 113. 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.