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Work & commute in Columbus, PA

Most working residents leave Columbus for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Corry (15%), Warren (12%) and Erie (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
16 of 571 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 Columbus residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbus.

555live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
109work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Columbus goes to work

JamestownBear LakeWarrenCorryErieEllicottBustiMillcreekSugar GroveConcordSpring CreekPine GroveFreeholdWayneBrokenstrawConewangoColumbusCorryWarrenErieBustiJamestownEllicottMillcreekBrokenstrawSugar GroveColumbus
1
Corry4.1 mi away
15%86
2
Warren22.3 mi away
12%70
3
Erie29.2 mi away
5%29
4
Busti, NY13.9 mi away
5%28
5
Jamestown, NY19.6 mi away
5%27
6
Ellicott, NY21 mi away
5%26
7
Millcreek30.5 mi away
3%16
8
Brokenstraw15.2 mi away
3%16
9
Columbus (in town)right here
3%16
10
Sugar Grove11.2 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%244

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

How far

How far Columbus commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Columbus is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbus are

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

Jobs based in Columbus

125 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Columbus residents hold

571 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+21%

Jobs based in Columbus, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 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.

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