Work & commute · Upper Arlington

Work & commute in Upper Arlington, OH

Most working residents leave Upper Arlington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (56%), Dublin (5%) and Westerville (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,220 of 17,007 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,787 Upper Arlington residents head out of town to work, 1,220 work right here, and 10,522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Arlington.

15,787live here, work elsewhere

1,220live and work here

10,522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Arlington goes to work

Columbus5.4 mi away

56%9,539

Upper Arlington (in town)right here

7%1,220

Dublin7.1 mi away

5%772

Westerville10.6 mi away

2%376

Hilliard4.6 mi away

2%307

New Albany16.3 mi away

1%231

Grandview Heights3.7 mi away

1%202

Grove City11.1 mi away

1%189

Gahanna10.1 mi away

1%185

Worthington5.5 mi away

1%173

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%3,813

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

How far

How far Upper Arlington commutes

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

74%

13%

11%

74%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Arlington is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Arlington are

11,742 jobs are based in Upper Arlington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Arlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Arlington

11,742 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Upper Arlington residents hold

17,007 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+14%

Jobs based in Upper Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 10,308 → 11,742. 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.