Photo: Nyttend · Public domainChauncey has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Chauncey has 52 jobs, and 357 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Chauncey; the top destination outside it is Athens (36%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chauncey, in a few figures
Chauncey is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Chauncey, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chauncey has about 620 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Chauncey works in Athens
129 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Athens, 5.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Chauncey itself. The commute map ↓
Few Chauncey workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 357 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Chauncey for work, and who comes in
On a workday 356 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Chauncey on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Out of Chauncey to work: where people go
Where Chauncey clocks in
36% of workers
6% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chauncey workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 4% 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 kinds of work in Chauncey
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chauncey, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 52. 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 Chauncey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Chauncey to work
About 28% 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 Chauncey: questions
What is the median household income in Chauncey?
$35,200 (±$4,095) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chauncey?
34.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chauncey?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chauncey work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (36%, 5 mi), Columbus (6%, 61 mi), The Plains (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chauncey without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chauncey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chauncey
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.