Work & commute · Symmes

Work & commute in Symmes, OH

Most working residents leave Symmes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ironton (9%), Ashland (5%) and Huntington (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 193 Symmes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Symmes.

193live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Symmes goes to work

Ironton15.5 mi away

9%18

Ashland, KY19.6 mi away

5%10

Huntington, WV22.9 mi away

5%9

Elizabeth10.6 mi away

4%7

Jackson22.3 mi away

3%6

Columbus89.8 mi away

3%6

Green15.2 mi away

3%6

Lick22.7 mi away

3%5

Oak Hill11.6 mi away

2%4

Wheelersburg16.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%118

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

How far

How far Symmes commutes

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

54%

13%

30%

3%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Symmes is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Symmes are

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

Jobs based in Symmes

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Symmes residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−50%

Jobs based in Symmes, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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.