Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork and commuting in Chesterville
Hardly any work in Chesterville itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (14%, 38 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Chesterville report 77 jobs for 57 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chesterville fills up on a workday
On a workday 57 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Chesterville on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
The towns that employ Chesterville’s residents
Where Chesterville clocks in
14% 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.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Chesterville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chesterville, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 77. 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 Chesterville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Chesterville spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chesterville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Chesterville
About 16% 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 Chesterville: questions
What is the median household income in Chesterville?
$56,375 (±$7,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chesterville?
9.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chesterville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chesterville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (14%, 38 mi), Mount Vernon (7%, 12 mi), Mount Gilead (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chesterville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chesterville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chesterville
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.