Work & commute · Washington

Work & commute in Washington, OH

Most working residents leave Washington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (30%), New Boston (4%) and Columbus (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

132 of 1,990 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,858 Washington residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 444 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washington.

1,858live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

444work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Washington goes to work

Portsmouth5.5 mi away

30%592

New Boston6.2 mi away

4%84

Washington (in town)right here

4%70

Columbus85.1 mi away

3%65

West Portsmouth1.2 mi away

3%62

Scioto16.8 mi away

3%52

Nile7.7 mi away

2%35

Waverly25.9 mi away

2%33

Chillicothe40.5 mi away

2%33

Rosemount4.3 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%934

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

How far

How far Washington commutes

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

51%

11%

27%

51%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Washington is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Washington are

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

Jobs based in Washington

576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Washington residents hold

1,990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+15%

Jobs based in Washington, 2013 → 2023: 503 → 576. 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.