Photo: Don O'Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States · CC BY 2.0A job hub: Hanging Rock has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 210 people come in to work
9% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%. Hanging Rock has 210 jobs, and 97 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Hanging Rock
On a workday 97 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 310 people are in Hanging Rock on a workday afternoon, 57% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Hanging Rock
Where Hanging Rock clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
In Hanging Rock, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanging Rock, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 210. 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 Hanging Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Hanging Rock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanging Rock workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 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.
The commute from Hanging Rock, by distance
About 19% 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.
Next door is work for 20% of Hanging Rock
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanging Rock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanging Rock | – | — | — | 27 min | $67,188 |
| Hamilton Township | under 3% | C | C− | 23 min | $57,500 |
| Ironton | 20% | D | B | 22 min | $47,648 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ironton. Darker towns draw more of Hanging Rock’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hanging Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Hanging Rock?
$67,188 (±$22,814) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanging Rock?
10.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanging Rock?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanging Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ironton (20%, 3 mi), Ashland (10%, 8 mi), Elizabeth Township (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hanging Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hanging Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanging Rock
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.