Robert P. Duncan House · Photo: Skorry · CC BY-SA 3.0Bexley’s household incomes are higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 4.6 in Columbus. The poverty rate is 3.5%, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Bexley grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bexley and work: the main findings
More than half of Bexley works in Columbus
3,039 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Columbus, 3 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Bexley itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Bexley
27% of Bexley workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Bexley has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bexley went from 1,898 in 2013 to 3,077 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
Most Bexley residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Bexley is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Bexley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bexley is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #23 of 992 in Ohio. Household income is its strongest input ($157,841, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bexley could be anywhere from A to A+.
54% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Bexley clocks in
54% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
From Bexley, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bexley workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,677 commuters (the 27% 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.
Bexley is a services town
3,077 jobs are based in Bexley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bexley, 2013 → 2023: 1,898 → 3,077. 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 Bexley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Bexley
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.
A workday in Bexley: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,244 residents head out to work, 385 work right here, and 2,692 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,900 people are in Bexley on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Bexley is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bexley is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #6 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Bexley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,405 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 36% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Bexley households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bexley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bexley ranks: 50th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| 49 | Oakwood OH | 9,441 | $157K | 2.7% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 50 | Bexley OH | 12,452 | $158K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 7% | A+ |
| 51 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 52 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bexley, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Bexley: questions
What is the median household income in Bexley?
$157,841 (±$19,421) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bexley?
3.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bexley?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bexley work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (54%, 3 mi), Gahanna (3%, 6 mi), Dublin (2%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bexley walkable?
Bexley is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.0 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bexley without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 36% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bexley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bexley
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.