Work & commute · Wellston

Work & commute in Wellston, OH

About one in 4 of Wellston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jackson (15%), Columbus (4%) and Lick (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

399 of 1,724 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 1,325 Wellston residents head out of town to work, 399 work right here, and 1,690 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellston.

1,325live here, work elsewhere

399live and work here

1,690work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellston goes to work

Wellston (in town)right here

23%399

Jackson7.6 mi away

15%267

Columbus64.6 mi away

4%62

Lick5.6 mi away

3%60

Green25.4 mi away

2%38

Green30 mi away

2%29

McArthur9.5 mi away

2%27

Chillicothe29 mi away

1%21

Elk10.4 mi away

1%21

Portsmouth33.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%780

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

How far

How far Wellston commutes

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

49%

10%

17%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellston are

2,089 jobs are based in Wellston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wellston

2,089 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wellston residents hold

1,724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−14%

Jobs based in Wellston, 2013 → 2023: 2,430 → 2,089. 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.