Work & commute · Whitehall

Work & commute in Whitehall, OH

Most working residents leave Whitehall for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (48%), Gahanna (3%) and Groveport (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

414 of 8,560 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,146 Whitehall residents head out of town to work, 414 work right here, and 9,657 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitehall.

8,146live here, work elsewhere

414live and work here

9,657work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitehall goes to work

Columbus5.5 mi away

48%4,126

Whitehall (in town)right here

5%414

Gahanna4.6 mi away

3%264

Groveport7.7 mi away

3%227

Obetz7.9 mi away

2%190

Dublin17.1 mi away

2%188

Westerville10.8 mi away

2%186

Grove City12 mi away

2%175

Etna10.3 mi away

2%157

New Albany10.2 mi away

2%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,484

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

How far

How far Whitehall commutes

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

61%

25%

12%

61%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitehall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitehall are

10,071 jobs are based in Whitehall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitehall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitehall

10,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Whitehall residents hold

8,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−21%

Jobs based in Whitehall, 2013 → 2023: 12,809 → 10,071. 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.