Work & commute · Ohio

Work & commute in Ohio, PA

Most working residents leave Ohio for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (36%), Moon (3%) and McCandless (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

121 of 3,157 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,036 Ohio residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 3,176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ohio.

3,036live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

3,176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ohio goes to work

Pittsburgh9.4 mi away

36%1,152

Ohio (in town)right here

4%121

Moon6.5 mi away

3%108

McCandless4.3 mi away

3%98

Cranberry11.6 mi away

3%89

Robinson6.2 mi away

3%82

Marshall7.2 mi away

2%68

Ross3.8 mi away

2%66

Pine7.6 mi away

2%64

Findlay10.8 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,246

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

How far

How far Ohio commutes

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

61%

27%

61%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ohio is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ohio are

3,297 jobs are based in Ohio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ohio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ohio

3,297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ohio residents hold

3,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+28%

Jobs based in Ohio, 2013 → 2023: 2,572 → 3,297. 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.