Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Antioch works elsewhere
Employers in Antioch report 2 jobs, and 27 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Antioch itself; outside it, New Martinsville draws the most (11%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Antioch
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Antioch on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Antioch: the destinations
Where Antioch clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Antioch, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antioch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 52 minutes from Antioch
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antioch workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Antioch to work
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Antioch: questions
What is the poverty rate in Antioch?
13.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antioch?
52 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antioch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Martinsville (11%, 11 mi), Woodsfield (7%, 8 mi), Cambridge (7%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Antioch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antioch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antioch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.