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Jobs & commute in Corning

Corning has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio. Employers in Corning report 10 jobs, and 192 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Corning for work; outside it, New Lexington is the main destination (11%, 10 miles).

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

Day and night

How a workday changes Corning

On a workday 192 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.

192live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night490
Workday300
490live here− 190head out to work+ 10come in to work= 300on a workday

About 300 people are in Corning on a workday afternoon, 38% 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

Where Corning goes to work

JacksonvilleCorningBremen: 4 residents work here (2%)Somerset: 3 residents work here (2%)Crooksville: 6 residents work here (3%)McConnelsville: 4 residents work here (2%)New Lexington: 22 residents work here (11%)Zanesville: 14 residents work here (7%)Lancaster: 16 residents work here (8%)Newark: 6 residents work here (3%)Columbus: 16 residents work here (8%)Monroe TownshipPike Township: 7 residents work here (4%)Salt Lick TownshipUnion TownshipBearfield TownshipGreenfield TownshipPleasant TownshipNew LexingtonLancasterColumbusZanesvillePike TownshipCrooksvilleCorning
1
New Lexington10.2 mi away
11%22
2
Lancaster28.8 mi away
8%16
3
Columbus54.6 mi away
8%16
4
Zanesville24.9 mi away
7%14
5
Pike Township8.2 mi away
4%7
6
Crooksville11.5 mi away
3%6
7
Newark37.1 mi away
3%6
8
Bremen19.6 mi away
2%4
9
McConnelsville13.8 mi away
2%4
10
Somerset18.1 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%94
The top trips

Where Corning 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

Most jobs in Corning are in services

Jobs based in CorningJobs Corning residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms20%30%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices80%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%36%
Over $3,333 a month50%53%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 5440%57%
55 and older60%20%
−60%

Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 10. 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 Corning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Corning: about 34 minutes

A year of commuting
259 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Corning34 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Corning gets to work
73%Drive alone
26%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 152 commuters (the 0% 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

The commute from Corning, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miNew Lexington: 11% · 10.2 miLancaster: 8% · 28.8 miColumbus: 8% · 54.6 miZanesville: 7% · 24.9 miPike Township: 4% · 8.2 miCrooksville: 3% · 11.5 miNewark: 3% · 37.1 miBremen: 2% · 19.6 miMcConnelsville: 2% · 13.8 miSomerset: 2% · 18.1 miNew Lexington 11%Lancaster 8%Columbus 8%Zanesville 7%Pike Township 4%Corning
CorningTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi17 residents
34%10–24 mi65 residents
33%25–50 mi63 residents
24%Over 50 mi47 residents

About 24% 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 Corning: questions

What is the median household income in Corning?

$30,833 (±$17,030) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Corning?

45.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Corning?

34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Corning work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Lexington (11%, 10 mi), Lancaster (8%, 29 mi), Columbus (8%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Corning without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Corning

Corning 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.