Work & commute · Walnut Creek

Work & commute in Walnut Creek, OH

Most working residents leave Walnut Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Paint (14%), Walnut Creek (13%) and Berlin (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 310 Walnut Creek residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut Creek.

310live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut Creek goes to work

Paint6 mi away

14%45

Walnut Creek1.4 mi away

13%43

Berlin3.9 mi away

7%24

Berlin4.5 mi away

6%19

Columbus76.7 mi away

5%17

Clark4.5 mi away

5%16

Salt Creek7.5 mi away

4%13

Walnut Creek (in town)right here

4%13

Sugarcreek5.4 mi away

3%10

Baltic7.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%116

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

How far

How far Walnut Creek commutes

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

66%

11%

18%

66%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut Creek is a job hub

2.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut Creek are

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

Jobs based in Walnut Creek

956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Walnut Creek residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+44%

Jobs based in Walnut Creek, 2013 → 2023: 664 → 956. 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.