Work & commute · West Jefferson

Work & commute in West Jefferson, OH

Most working residents leave West Jefferson for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (36%), Dublin (4%) and Hilliard (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

168 of 2,113 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,945 West Jefferson residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 7,957 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Jefferson.

1,945live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

7,957work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Jefferson goes to work

Columbus17.7 mi away

36%767

West Jefferson (in town)right here

8%168

Dublin14.3 mi away

4%83

Hilliard10.1 mi away

3%73

London7.3 mi away

3%64

Grove City14.6 mi away

3%62

Westerville24.3 mi away

2%41

Jefferson0.5 mi away

1%29

Groveport23.5 mi away

1%23

Worthington18.6 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%781

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

How far

How far West Jefferson commutes

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

22%

54%

11%

13%

22%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Jefferson is a job hub

3.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Jefferson are

8,125 jobs are based in West Jefferson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Jefferson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Jefferson

8,125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Jefferson residents hold

2,113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+248%

Jobs based in West Jefferson, 2013 → 2023: 2,338 → 8,125. 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.