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Jobs & commute in Clarksburg

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Clarksburg works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Clarksburg; the top destination outside it is Chillicothe (20%, 14 miles). There are 8 jobs in Clarksburg, against 164 working residents. The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Clarksburg on a workday afternoon

On a workday 164 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.

164live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night400
Workday240
400live here− 160head out to work+ 8come in to work= 240on a workday

About 240 people are in Clarksburg on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Clarksburg: the destinations

ClarksburgMount Sterling: 2 residents work here (1%)Greenfield: 4 residents work here (2%)Circleville: 3 residents work here (2%)Chillicothe: 32 residents work here (20%)Columbus: 14 residents work here (9%)Deerfield TownshipConcord Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Green Township: 21 residents work here (13%)Huntington TownshipUnion Township: 21 residents work here (13%)Circleville Township: 4 residents work here (2%)Deercreek TownshipLiberty TownshipScioto Township: 6 residents work here (4%)ChillicotheGreen TownshipUnion TownshipColumbusScioto TownshipGreenfieldClarksburg
1
Chillicothe14.2 mi away
20%32
2
Green Township13.3 mi away
13%21
3
Union Township7.8 mi away
13%21
4
Columbus34.3 mi away
9%14
5
Scioto Township15.6 mi away
4%6
6
Greenfield16.3 mi away
2%4
72%4
8
Circleville13.5 mi away
2%3
9
Concord Township6.8 mi away
2%3
10
Mount Sterling15.7 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%54
The top trips

Where Clarksburg clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Clarksburg’s employers do

Jobs based in ClarksburgJobs Clarksburg residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%26%
Trade, transport & utilities88%12%
Services: health, schools, offices13%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month75%19%
Over $3,333 a month0%66%

Who does it

29 or younger38%20%
30 to 5450%55%
55 and older13%25%
−53%

Jobs based in Clarksburg, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 8. 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 Clarksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Clarksburg: about 26 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
198 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clarksburg26 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

of Clarksburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Clarksburg gets to work
89%Drive alone
3%Carpool
8%Walk

Share of the 143 commuters (the 9% 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.

How far

Where in the region Clarksburg works

10 mi25 mi40 miChillicothe: 20% · 14.2 miGreen Township: 13% · 13.3 miUnion Township: 13% · 7.8 miColumbus: 9% · 34.3 miScioto Township: 4% · 15.6 miGreenfield: 2% · 16.3 miCircleville Township: 2% · 15.2 miCircleville: 2% · 13.5 miConcord Township: 2% · 6.8 miMount Sterling: 1% · 15.7 miChillicothe 20%Green Township 13%Union Township 13%Columbus 9%Scioto Township 4%Clarksburg
ClarksburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi6 residents
61%10–24 mi100 residents
21%25–50 mi34 residents
15%Over 50 mi24 residents

About 15% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clarksburg: questions

What is the median household income in Clarksburg?

$49,107 (±$21,759) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clarksburg?

36.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clarksburg?

26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clarksburg work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (20%, 14 mi), Green Township (13%, 13 mi), Union Township (13%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clarksburg without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Clarksburg, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Clarksburg

Clarksburg home →

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.