Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Cherry Fork has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Cherry Fork for work; outside it, West Union is the main destination (7%, 8 miles). 12 jobs are based in Cherry Fork; 60 of its residents have a job. 100% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Cherry Fork
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13 people are in Cherry Fork on a workday afternoon, 79% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Cherry Fork to work: where people go
Where Cherry Fork clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
75% of the jobs in Cherry Fork pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Fork, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 12. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherry Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cherry Fork
of Cherry Fork workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Cherry Fork works
About 32% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Cherry Fork: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Fork?
59.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cherry Fork work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Union (7%, 8 mi), Wayne Township (7%, 0 mi), Mount Orab (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Fork, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Fork
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.