Most of Bannock commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Bannock report 11 jobs; 47 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bannock itself; outside it, Richland Township draws the most (19%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Bannock, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Bannock on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The towns that employ Bannock’s residents
Where Bannock clocks in
17% 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.
Bannock is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bannock, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 11. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Bannock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bannock
of Bannock workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 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.
How far it is to work from Bannock
About 39% 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 Bannock: questions
What is the median household income in Bannock?
$29,727 (±$24,028) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bannock?
8.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bannock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Township (19%, 4 mi), Wheeling (17%, 15 mi), St. Clairsville (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bannock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bannock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bannock
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.