Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCarroll at work: jobs, income and the commute
Carroll has 307 jobs, against 217 working residents. Hardly any work in Carroll itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (28%, 20 miles). Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Carroll, in brief
28% of Carroll works in Columbus
60 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Columbus, 20 miles away. That’s far more as work in Carroll itself. The commute map ↓
Carroll workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Carroll to work: where people go
Where Carroll clocks in
28% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Carroll
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carroll workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 313 commuters (the 14% 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.
Carroll fills up on a workday
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Carroll on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Carroll
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carroll, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 307. 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 Carroll’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Carroll
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 Carroll: questions
What is the median household income in Carroll?
$74,688 (±$11,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carroll?
5.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carroll?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carroll work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (28%, 20 mi), Lancaster (12%, 8 mi), Greenfield Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carroll 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 Carroll, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carroll
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.