With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hockingport works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Hockingport; the top destination outside it is Columbus (11%, 86 miles). Employers in Hockingport report 8 jobs for 74 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 67% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Hockingport: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in Hockingport on a workday afternoon, 62% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Hockingport: the destinations
Where Hockingport clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Hockingport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hockingport, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 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 Hockingport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hockingport
of Hockingport workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 67% 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 Hockingport goes to work
About 41% 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 Hockingport: questions
What is the median household income in Hockingport?
$110,671 (±$42,904) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hockingport?
15.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hockingport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (11%, 86 mi), Parkersburg (11%, 12 mi), Athens (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hockingport 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 Hockingport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hockingport
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.