Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Holmesville
At 24 minutes each way, commutes from Holmesville run about the Ohio average. Only 1% stay in Holmesville for work; outside it, Salt Creek Township is the main destination (9%, 5 miles). Holmesville has 89 jobs, and 147 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Holmesville by day
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Holmesville on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Holmesville’s residents
Where Holmesville clocks in
9% 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.
What Holmesville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holmesville, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 89. 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 Holmesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Holmesville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holmesville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 commuters (the 12% 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 it is to work from Holmesville
About 21% 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 Holmesville: questions
What is the median household income in Holmesville?
$78,929 (±$15,468) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holmesville?
0.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holmesville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holmesville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Creek Township (9%, 5 mi), Hardy Township (7%, 5 mi), Columbus (5%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Holmesville 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 Holmesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holmesville
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.