Work & commute · Thorn

Work & commute in Thorn, OH

Most working residents leave Thorn for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Newark (9%), Columbus (9%) and Lancaster (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 1,536 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,438 Thorn residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thorn.

1,438live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thorn goes to work

Newark13.2 mi away

9%145

Columbus31.5 mi away

9%145

Lancaster15 mi away

5%82

Zanesville21.6 mi away

4%68

Heath9.8 mi away

3%46

Thorn (in town)right here

3%41

Hebron7.2 mi away

3%39

Etna15.8 mi away

3%39

Thornport3 mi away

2%31

Reading8.2 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%873

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

How far

How far Thorn commutes

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

23%

40%

21%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thorn is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thorn are

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

Jobs based in Thorn

538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Thorn residents hold

1,536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+47%

Jobs based in Thorn, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 538. 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.