Work & commute · Zanesville

Work & commute in Zanesville, OH

About one in 3 of Zanesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (8%), Washington (4%) and Newark (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

2,979 of 9,470 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 6,491 Zanesville residents head out of town to work, 2,979 work right here, and 14,042 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zanesville.

6,491live here, work elsewhere

2,979live and work here

14,042work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zanesville goes to work

Zanesville (in town)right here

31%2,979

Columbus51.6 mi away

8%804

Washington4.3 mi away

4%349

Newark23.2 mi away

3%314

Falls3.7 mi away

3%293

Perry7.8 mi away

3%246

Cambridge23 mi away

2%157

Heath23.2 mi away

1%142

Wayne5.6 mi away

1%136

Newton7.5 mi away

1%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,918

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

How far

How far Zanesville commutes

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

48%

13%

15%

24%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zanesville is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zanesville are

17,021 jobs are based in Zanesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zanesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zanesville

17,021 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Zanesville residents hold

9,470 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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Jobs based in Zanesville, 2013 → 2023: 16,973 → 17,021. 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.