Work & commute · Thornport

Work & commute in Thornport, OH

Most working residents leave Thornport for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Newark (10%), Columbus (10%) and Lancaster (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 358 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 351 Thornport residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thornport.

351live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thornport goes to work

Newark10.4 mi away

10%36

Columbus29.8 mi away

10%36

Lancaster16.4 mi away

5%19

Thorn3 mi away

4%13

Zanesville22.2 mi away

3%11

Etna14 mi away

3%11

Reading11.1 mi away

3%10

Thornville1.9 mi away

3%9

Heath6.9 mi away

3%9

Granville10.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%196

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

How far

How far Thornport commutes

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

30%

35%

21%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thornport is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thornport are

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

Jobs based in Thornport

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Thornport residents hold

358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+127%

Jobs based in Thornport, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 166. 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.